Author summary
21% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,019 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melissa Hobson results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Anchoring Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 377 hits . Analysis detected 1,821 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,076 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 40% (5,283 of 8,803 authors). This Melissa Hobson is better (less manipulative) than 60.00% of the peer group. Melissa Hobson
Author details
Total words: 4,076
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 40.0% percentile 1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.1K 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 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 9.3% 9.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.4% 1.4% 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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 9.3%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.1% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Nature: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst