Author summary
73% 9 analyzed articles/videos 8,733 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melanie McFarland results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 5,740 hits . Analysis detected 36,268 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,016 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 29% (6,117 of 8,525 authors). This Melanie McFarland is better (less manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group. Melanie McFarland
Author details
Total words: 41,016
Article count: 9
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.2% percentile 1.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles41K 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 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 14.0% 14.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.7% 2.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.0%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.9%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst