Author summary
76% 2 analyzed articles/videos 3,333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph V Micallef results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 1,674 hits . Analysis detected 10,322 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,332 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 42% (5,559 of 9,471 authors). This Joseph V Micallef is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group. Joseph V Micallef
Author details
Total words: 13,332
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
41% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 41.3% percentile 1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles13.3K 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 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 8.5% 8.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 12.6% 12.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.2% 5.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 11.3% 11.3% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.6%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Author 11.3%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 8.5%, sitewide 0.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst