Author summary
79% 1 analyzed article/video 1,261 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Megan Ellis results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 972 hits . Analysis detected 4,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,044 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 60% (3,804 of 9,471 authors). This Megan Ellis is worse (more manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group. Megan Ellis
Author details
Total words: 5,044
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
60% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 59.8% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 19.3% 19.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 16.5% 16.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.5% 10.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 0.2%, sitewide 26.9% Anecdotal: Author 19.3%, sitewide 5.2% Negativity Bias: Author 10.5%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 16.5%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst