Author summary
68% 5 analyzed articles/videos 7,396 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Letters to the Editor results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Indoctrination , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 2,715 hits . Analysis detected 23,379 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,584 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 28% (6,264 of 8,693 authors). This Letters to the Editor is better (less manipulative) than 72.10% of the peer group. Letters to the Editor
Author details
Total words: 29,584
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.9% percentile 1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles29.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.2% 9.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.7% 1.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.0% 5.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.0% False Dilemma: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst