Author summary
55% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,678 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kathryn Watson results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 908 hits . Analysis detected 6,681 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,712 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 27% (6,948 of 9,471 authors). This Kathryn Watson is better (less manipulative) than 73.40% of the peer group. Kathryn Watson
Author details
Total words: 10,712
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.6% percentile 1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles10.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.5% 8.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.1% 6.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.2% 2.2% 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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst