Este libro se centra en el estudio de los distintos métodos deanálisis multivariante que tienen interés práctico en el ámbito de la Organización de Empresas y el Marketing. Está concebido como una guía práctica de Estadística Aplicada ya que el énfasis no está tanto en el aparato estadístico que justifica cada método, sino en la interpretación de resultados. Por ello, la explicación de cada técnica se hace desde la perspectiva del usuario, es decir, orientada a que no sólo se sepa "qué hacer", sino "cómo hacerlo". Todo ello hace que esta obra esté especialmente indicada tanto para los investigadores noveles, que estén realizando sus trabajos fin de grado (TFG) o fin de máster (TFM), como para aquellos más expertos que estén realizando sus estudios de doctorado dentro del área de Ciencias de la Empresa. También es una excelente guía para los profesionales de la empresa y del marketing, ya que, a través de las distintas técnicas estadísticas multivariantes y de una forma aplicada y práctica, muestra el camino para la obtención de una información fundamental para la gestión y la toma de decisiones.

ESTADISTICA APLICADA AL MARKETING desarrolla los compendios de la estadistica descriptiva, expone los contenidos teoricos necesarios para entender los diferentes conceptos estadisticos, y con sus respectivos ejercicios planteados mediante un proceso claro y didactico, se conduce a una solucion pura o real; todo eso aplicado en reconocer el comportamiento estable, variable y constante de los mercados que involucran a profesionales en Marketing.

Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: "The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied." "The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement." "Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process" - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua

bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown presents a much easier way to write books and technical publications than traditional tools such as LaTeX and Word. The bookdown package inherits the simplicity of syntax and flexibility for data analysis from R Markdown, and extends R Markdown for technical writing, so that you can make better use of document elements such as figures, tables, equations, theorems, citations, and references. Similar to LaTeX, you can number and cross-reference these elements with bookdown. Your document can even include live examples so readers can interact with them while reading the book. The book can be rendered to multiple output formats, including LaTeX/PDF, HTML, EPUB, and Word, thus making it easy to put your documents online. The style and theme of these output formats can be customized. We used books and R primarily for examples in this book, but bookdown is not only for books or R. Most features introduced in this book also apply to other types of publications: journal papers, reports, dissertations, course handouts, study notes, and even novels. You do not have to use R, either. Other choices of computing languages include Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, Stan, JavaScript, and so on, although R is best supported. You can also leave out computing, for example, to write a fiction. This book itself is an example of publishing with bookdown and R Markdown, and its source is fully available on GitHub.