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Following a process of generating and refining ideas for research, Tom decided that he would like to explore the effectiveness of employee communication development in his company. Tom is asked to draw up a set of interconnected research objectives that would operationalize his research and provide a set of evaluation criteria to enable him to address his ‘how effective...' type of question. Please provide Tom with four sets of research objectives.

Describe what research questions and hypotheses are? Provide two examples each of a research question and the associated hypotheses.

Describe what research variables are and the difference between independent and dependent variables.

Explain the concepts of reliability and validity and how they are used to evaluate the quality of research.

Describe the differences between primary and secondary research. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both types. Provide examples of both types of data.

Discuss the limitations of research, including methodological problems. Point out aspects of subject selection, procedures, and dependent variables that limit the generalizability of the findings?

What are the three principles outlined by the Belmont Report regarding ethics in research? Discuss the importance of ethics in research.

Discuss the importance of research design. Describe the main types of quantitative and qualitative research.