Author summary
19% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,456 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Mitchell results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Anecdotal , and Pessimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 377 hits . Analysis detected 2,266 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,824 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 20% (7,604 of 9,471 authors). This Thomas Mitchell is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group. Thomas Mitchell
Author details
Total words: 5,824
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K 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 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.4% 1.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 1.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst