Author summary
81% 29 analyzed articles/videos 19,062 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Sledge results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 13,010 hits . Analysis detected 101,774 faulty-reasoning hits from 110,479 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 35% (6,235 of 9,487 authors). This Matt Sledge is better (less manipulative) than 65.70% of the peer group. Matt Sledge
Author details
Total words: 110,479
Article count: 29
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
34% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.3% percentile 1.7% BS Score29 analyzed articles110.5K 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 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 11.8% 11.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.9% 2.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.1% 1.1% 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 11.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.6%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.9%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst