Author summary
76% 1 analyzed article/video 6,687 analyzed words
BS Summary: These R. David Edelman results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 3,506 hits . Analysis detected 15,849 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,748 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 21% (7,490 of 9,396 authors). This R. David Edelman is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group. R. David Edelman
Author details
Total words: 26,748
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.3% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles26.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 13.1% 13.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 13.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst