The phrase "a proxy for did" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a substitution or representation for the word "did," but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "In this analysis, we used a proxy for did to represent the actions taken in the past."
Alternatives: "a substitute for did" or "a stand-in for did".
The more distant those goals become, the more the way we talk about class becomes a proxy for doing anything about it, a matter of learning not to cause offence, rather than making genuine change.
The city has hired a succession of experts, a new research team every few years, to analyze the police department's use of force, but officials seem to have viewed the act of commissioning a report as a proxy for doing something about the problem.
The best way to think about the Swiss iShares ETF is simply as a proxy for doing your own stock picking in Switzerland.
Finally, adjusting for mean corpuscular volume, as a proxy for hemoglobinopathy, did not alter the association of anemia and gout (Adjusted HR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.30, 2.58).
Even expense ratios, the numbers that most investors look to as a proxy for costs, do not give shareholders what they probably want: an estimate of their account's value after deducting fees and sales charges.
We adjusted for household income used as a proxy for SES, which did not change the results nor did adjustment for watching TV (data not shown).
With regard to family characteristics, however, one null finding was of special significance: families with dual language status, a proxy for immigrant status, did not have lower odds of sending their children to ECEC, perhaps an indicator of success of the universal access policy.
Wing length (as a proxy for body size) did not differ significantly between sisters, cousins, and non-relatives of the dominant (means ± standard error: sisters: 11.7 mm ±0.06, cousins: 11.6±0.09, unrelated: 11.72±0.13, lme: L2 = 0.36 p = 0.91).
In addition, vegetation height (a proxy for vegetation density) did not affect the number of leafhoppers caught by sweep netting.
However, adjustment for smoking cessation within six months after the start of treatment (as a proxy for lifestyle improvement) did not change the effect of statin treatment.
