Author summary
48% 4 analyzed articles/videos 1,107 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steven Vaughan-Nichols results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Optimism Bias , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 973 hits . Analysis detected 5,754 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,876 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 7% (7,936 of 8,524 authors). This Steven Vaughan-Nichols is better (less manipulative) than 93.10% of the peer group. Steven Vaughan-Nichols
Author details
Total words: 13,876
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.9% percentile 1.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles13.9K 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 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: 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