Author summary
35% 1 analyzed article/video 890 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jay Casbon results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Availability Heuristic , and Confirmation Bias , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 333 hits . Analysis detected 2,077 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,560 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 49% (4,733 of 9,137 authors). This Jay Casbon is better (less manipulative) than 51.80% of the peer group. Jay Casbon
Author details
Total words: 3,560
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
48% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.2% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K 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 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.1% 0.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.1% 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Author 9.3%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.0%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 5.1%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.5% Slippery Slope: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.4% Primacy Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst