Author summary
18% 10 analyzed articles/videos 2,736 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ross Anderson results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Halo Effect , and Framing Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 1,458 hits . Analysis detected 4,284 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,518 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 8% (7,980 of 8,613 authors). This Ross Anderson is better (less manipulative) than 92.60% of the peer group. Ross Anderson
Author details
Total words: 11,518
Article count: 10
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.4% percentile 1.1% BS Score10 analyzed articles11.5K 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 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 12.7% 12.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.0% 0.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.8% 5.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 12.7%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst