Author summary
44% 7 analyzed articles/videos 6,580 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Theresa Gaffney results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 1,775 hits . Analysis detected 15,593 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,954 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 14% (7,395 of 8,529 authors). This Theresa Gaffney is better (less manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group. Theresa Gaffney
Author details
Total words: 26,954
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.3% percentile 1.3% BS Score7 analyzed articles27K 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 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% 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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 5.5%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst