Author summary
44% 5 analyzed articles/videos 3,793 analyzed words
BS Summary: These DAVE COLLINS results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 1,820 hits . Analysis detected 10,456 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,013 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 42% (5,096 of 8,786 authors). This DAVE COLLINS is better (less manipulative) than 58.00% of the peer group. DAVE COLLINS
Author details
Total words: 13,013
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles13K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.9% 8.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.0% 14.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.2% 1.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Author 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst