Author summary
67% 6 analyzed articles/videos 1,752 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sammy Westfall results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.2% saturation with 1,289 hits . Analysis detected 6,801 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,476 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 53% (4,523 of 9,462 authors). This Sammy Westfall is worse (more manipulative) than 52.20% of the peer group. Sammy Westfall
Author details
Total words: 7,476
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
52% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 52.2% percentile 2.3% BS Score6 analyzed articles7.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.1% 9.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.2% 3.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% 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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 17.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst