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The phrase "a dummy for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that serves as a placeholder or substitute for something else.
Example: "The software uses a dummy for the actual data until the real information is available."
Alternatives: "a stand-in for" or "a placeholder for".
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In due course, Guccione showed Jameson and Bradford a dummy for a new magazine.
A predicted line-up chosen earlier in the day by Butch Harmon and Mark Roe, two of its experts, was used in rehearsals as a dummy for the evening's highlight show.
For what it's worth, here's a regression of interest rates on debt that uses a dummy for euro membership, and allows an interaction between that dummy and debt: Indeed: debt only seems to matter for euro nations.
and on a dummy for export status.
All include a dummy for mothers with missing income information.
Includes a dummy for mothers with missing income information.
We also include a dummy for "living in eastern Germany".
The models in columns 5 and 6 also include a dummy for German ethnicity, a dummy for inclusion in the East German sample13 and a dummy for the reporting of some religious affiliation.
Also included in each regression are a dummy for full-time positions, a dummy for tenure, county dummies, season dummies, an application template dummy, and a dummy for order of application.
Also included in each regression are a dummy for fulltime position, a dummy for tenure, county dummies, season dummies, an application template dummy, and a dummy for order of application.
In particular, we add a dummy for the year in which a legislative election has taken place as well as a dummy for the year after the election.
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