Author summary
75% 3 analyzed articles/videos 770 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jeff Cox results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Anchoring Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 470 hits . Analysis detected 2,857 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,290 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 62% (3,431 of 8,970 authors). This Jeff Cox is worse (more manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group. Jeff Cox
Author details
Total words: 4,290
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
62% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.8% percentile 2.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.3K 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 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 11.0% 11.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 8.6% 8.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 11.0%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 4.6% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst