The document discusses marketing research and metrics. It describes the marketing research process as having 6 steps: 1) define the problem, 2) develop a research plan, 3) collect information, 4) analyze the information, 5) present findings, and 6) make a decision. It also discusses characteristics of good marketing research and different metrics that can be used to measure marketing productivity such as awareness, market share, and customer satisfaction. Marketing-mix modeling and dashboards are presented as tools to quantify and interpret various marketing metrics.