Author summary
60% 1 analyzed article/video 813 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James A. Downs results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Negativity Bias , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 339 hits . Analysis detected 2,994 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,252 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 68% (3,113 of 9,471 authors). This James A. Downs is worse (more manipulative) than 67.10% of the peer group. James A. Downs
Author details
Total words: 3,252
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 67.1% percentile 2.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.7% 3.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.0% 9.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 8.8% 8.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 10.2% 10.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 10.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 10.2%, sitewide 4.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 8.8%, sitewide 0.8% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.9%, sitewide 3.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.4% Loss Aversion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst