Author summary
40% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,271 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dugan Arnett results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 405 hits . Analysis detected 2,970 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,084 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 44% (5,212 of 9,207 authors). This Dugan Arnett is better (less manipulative) than 56.60% of the peer group. Dugan Arnett
Author details
Total words: 5,084
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
43% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.4% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.1K 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 2.6% 2.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.0% 8.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.4% 1.4% 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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst