Author summary
16% 21 analyzed articles/videos 11,910 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott McCaffrey results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Halo Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 3.6% saturation with 1,874 hits . Analysis detected 19,364 faulty-reasoning hits from 52,300 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (9,255 of 9,471 authors). This Scott McCaffrey is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group. Scott McCaffrey
Author details
Total words: 52,300
Article count: 21
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.3% percentile 0.8% BS Score21 analyzed articles52.3K 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 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst