Author summary
12% 11 analyzed articles/videos 5,550 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Advocate results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Halo Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 5.1% saturation with 1,122 hits . Analysis detected 7,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,142 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 5% (9,096 of 9,487 authors). This The Advocate is better (less manipulative) than 95.90% of the peer group. The Advocate
Author details
Total words: 22,142
Article count: 11
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.1% percentile 0.9% BS Score11 analyzed articles22.1K 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 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% 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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst