Author summary
23% 14 analyzed articles/videos 3,774 analyzed words
BS Summary: These QCity Metro Staff results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Optimism Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 1,455 hits . Analysis detected 7,844 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,950 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 11% (8,323 of 9,297 authors). This QCity Metro Staff is better (less manipulative) than 89.50% of the peer group. QCity Metro Staff
Author details
Total words: 17,950
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.5% percentile 1.1% BS Score14 analyzed articles18K 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 4.1% 4.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 8.1% 8.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 8.1%, sitewide 0.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst