The phrase "a suitable proxy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an alternative or representative that is appropriate for a specific purpose or situation.
Example: "In this experiment, we need to find a suitable proxy to represent the larger population."
Alternatives: "an appropriate substitute" or "a fitting representative".
These results show that changes in accessibility are a suitable proxy for chromatin changes.
But one plan that is being promoted by a close Bush adviser, Martin S. Feldstein of Harvard University, is a suitable proxy.
Sunshine duration has been shown to be a suitable proxy for solar irradiance due to the linear relationship between both parameters46,62.
We conclude that small-molecule substrates are not a suitable proxy for determining the pH profiles of family 11 xylanases.
The study, published today in Science, finds that "self-reported population ancestry likely provides a suitable proxy for genetic ancestry". In other words, someone saying he is of European ancestry will have genetic similarities to other Europeans.
This article details how field knowledge of the spectral properties of Sphagnum spp., airborne remote sensing data and a range of image analysis approaches, may be combined to provide a suitable proxy for near-surface wetness.
The concept of knowing a doctor well is complex and research is needed to determine whether knowing the doctor is a suitable proxy-measure for personal continuity [ 7].
In summary, the Spanish training set provides a very suitable proxy for European variation as a whole, while the more restricted comparison of the Moroccan training set with the Algerian Mozabite indicates much higher divergence although this is likely to partly reflect differences in levels of admixture with Europe and the character of the two North African regions.
Hence, education level may be a less suitable proxy for socioeconomic status in older participants.
As argued above, "crude deaths" may be a less suitable proxy for health care needs in low-income country settings in the context of health workforce planning.
A study limitation is that a change in the coding of education in the MCOD dataset for 2003 precluded us from incorporating educational attainment as a covariate, and as the only potentially suitable proxy for socioeconomic status, in our regression analyses.
