Author summary
48% 2 analyzed articles/videos 6,533 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rebecca Davis O’Brien results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 4,189 hits . Analysis detected 11,750 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,132 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 6% (8,310 of 8,788 authors). This Rebecca Davis O’Brien is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group. Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Author details
Total words: 26,132
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.4% percentile 1.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles26.1K 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 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 16.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst