Author summary
54% 1 analyzed article/video 554 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melody Petersen results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Unattributed Quote , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 273 hits . Analysis detected 914 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,216 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 46% (5,126 of 9,435 authors). This Melody Petersen is better (less manipulative) than 54.30% of the peer group. Melody Petersen
Author details
Total words: 2,216
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
46% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 45.7% percentile 2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.3% 12.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst