Author summary
78% 1 analyzed article/video 783 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda Sylvester results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Anecdotal , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 32.2% saturation with 1,010 hits . Analysis detected 3,613 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,132 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of 86% (1,401 of 9,471 authors). This Melinda Sylvester is worse (more manipulative) than 85.20% of the peer group. Melinda Sylvester
Author details
Total words: 3,132
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
85% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 85.2% percentile 4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 32.3% 32.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 19.8% 19.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.0% 4.0% 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% Halo Effect: Author 32.3%, sitewide 6.7% Framing Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.8%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Author 7.5%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.0% Begging the Question: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.7% Primacy Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst