they generally neglect the synthesis step, because that moves from the realm of supposed impartiality to opinion.
It also requires more work on the part of the writer, and introduces risk of turning out to be objectively wrong, so I'm not surprised they skip that part. It's the "safe" choice. :(
It also requires more work on the part of the writer, and introduces risk of turning out to be objectively wrong, so I'm not surprised they skip that part. It's the "safe" choice. :(