When analyzing content, TellDear checks for a ton of well known and less established issues it may have and presents them to you. It will detect manipulation attempts, issues with facts (not only fake stuff but – more importantly – also cherry picking), style, originality, biases, and so on.
We are adding more each day. Here is the list – find detailed descriptions below:
Style
- Readability
- Coherence
- Grammar
- Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
- Flesch Reading Ease
- Lexical Diversity Score
- Punctuation Usage
- Vocabulary Usage
- Tone
- Flow
- Persuasiveness
Knowledge
- Subject Knowledge
- Unsubstantiated opinion
- Fact-checking
- Sources Quality
- Depth of Knowledge
- Field Relevance
Biases
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Anchoring Bias
- Hindsight Bias
- Bias Blind Spot
- Overconfidence Bias
- Halo Effect
- Self-Serving Bias
- Groupthink
Reasoning
- Complexity of Argument
- Steelmanning
- Evidence-Based Reasoning
- Cherry Picking
- Hasty generalization
- Logical Consistency
- Inductive Reasoning
- Deductive Reasoning
- Fallacy Identification
- Counterargument Effectiveness
Tricks
- Rhetorical tricks
- Strawmanning
- Title-text match
- Positive sentiment words
- Negative sentiment words
- Emotive Language
- Loaded Questions
- Misdirection
- Use of Statistics
- Hyperbole
- Understatement
General
- Originality
- Creativity
- Credibility
- Audience Engagement
- Impact
- Relevance
Detailed descriptions
Certainly, here’s each of the aspects listed alphabetically, with their respective categories in brackets:
- Anchoring Bias (Biases): The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions.
- Audience Engagement (General): The extent to which the text holds the audience’s attention.
- Availability Heuristic (Biases): The tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that come to mind easily.
- Bias Blind Spot (Biases): The tendency to see oneself as less biased than others.
- Cherry Picking (Reasoning): Selectively presenting facts and quotes that support one’s position.
- Coherence (Style): The logical and consistent interconnection of ideas in a text.
- Complexity of Argument (Reasoning): The intricacy and sophistication of the reasoning presented in an argument.
- Confirmation Bias (Biases): The tendency to favor information that confirms pre-existing beliefs or values.
- Counterargument Effectiveness (Reasoning): How effectively a counterargument addresses and refutes the points of the original argument.
- Creativity (General): The ability to create original and imaginative ideas or content.
- Credibility (General): The quality of being trusted and believed in.
- Deductive Reasoning (Reasoning): Drawing a specific conclusion from a general principle or premises.
- Depth of Knowledge (Knowledge): The extent of understanding that goes beyond the surface level of a topic.
- Emotive Language (Tricks): Words used to evoke emotions in the reader.
- Evidence-Based Reasoning (Reasoning): Using empirical evidence to support an argument or conclusion.
- Fact-checking (Knowledge): The process of verifying the factual accuracy of information.
- Fallacy Identification (Reasoning): Recognizing and identifying logical fallacies in an argument.
- Flesch Reading Ease (Style): Another readability test; higher scores indicate material that is easier to read.
- Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (Style): A readability test designed to indicate how difficult a reading passage is to understand.
- Field Relevance (Knowledge): The extent to which the content is applicable or pertinent to the specific field of study or interest.
- Flow (Style): The smooth progression of ideas and transitions from one point to another in a text.
- Grammar (Style): The set of structural rules that dictate the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a language.
- Groupthink (Biases): The practice of making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.
- Halo Effect (Biases): The tendency to allow positive impressions in one area to influence opinion in another area.
- Hasty Generalization (Reasoning): Drawing a general conclusion based on a small sample.
- Hindsight Bias (Biases): The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected it.
- Hyperbole (Tricks): Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
- Impact (General): The powerful effect or influence that the text has.
- Inductive Reasoning (Reasoning): Drawing a general conclusion from a set of specific observations.
- Lexical Diversity Score (Style): A measure of the range of different words used in a text, indicative of the writer’s vocabulary breadth.
- Loaded Questions (Tricks): Questions that contain an unfair or unjustified presupposition.
- Logical Consistency (Reasoning): The degree to which various parts of an argument hold together without contradiction.
- Misdirection (Tricks): Leading the audience to focus on one thing to distract its attention from another.
- Negative Sentiment Words (Tricks): Words that convey a negative emotion.
- Originality (General): The novelty or uniqueness of the text.
- Overconfidence Bias (Biases): The tendency to be overly confident in one’s own answers or capabilities.
- Persuasiveness (Style): The ability of a text to convince or influence the reader.
- Positive Sentiment Words (Tricks): Words that convey a positive emotion.
- Punctuation Usage (Style): How effectively punctuation is used to clarify meaning in a text.
- Readability (Style): The ease with which a reader can understand written text.
- Relevance (General): The extent to which the text relates to the topic at hand.
- Rhetorical tricks (Tricks): Manipulative tactics used to persuade or deceive audiences.
- Self-Serving Bias (Biases): The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to one’s own actions and negative outcomes to external factors.
- Sources Quality (Knowledge): The credibility and reliability of the sources used in a text.
- Steelmanning (Reasoning): The practice of addressing the strongest possible version of an opponent’s argument.
- Strawmanning (Tricks): Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.
- Subject Knowledge (Knowledge): How well the writer understands the topic they are writing about.
- Title-text match (Tricks): Evaluates whether the title accurately represents the content of the text.
- Tone (Style): The writer’s attitude or feelings towards the reader or the subject matter.
- Understatement (Tricks): Presenting something as less important than it actually is.
- Unsubstantiated opinion (Knowledge): Statements presented as facts without evidence to support them.
- Use of Statistics (Tricks): The use of numerical data to support an argument.
- Vocabulary Usage (Style): How effectively different words are used to express ideas and engage the reader.