Author summary
17% 8 analyzed articles/videos 9,728 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meg Kinnard results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Overconfidence Bias , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 3,215 hits . Analysis detected 12,788 faulty-reasoning hits from 43,258 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 2% (8,645 of 8,778 authors). This Meg Kinnard is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the peer group. Meg Kinnard
Author details
Total words: 43,258
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.5% percentile 0.7% BS Score8 analyzed articles43.3K 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 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 7.4%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, 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