Author summary
12% 3 analyzed articles/videos 5,891 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dora Scott results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Indoctrination , and Anecdotal , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 1,653 hits . Analysis detected 13,742 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,452 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (9,005 of 9,213 authors). This Dora Scott is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group. Dora Scott
Author details
Total words: 40,452
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.3% percentile 0.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles40.5K 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 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.5% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst