Ten-Pint Hat Texas isn't a good proxy for the broader economy.
"We want a good proxy for the timber industry at large".
For that reason, newsstand sales are often seen as a good proxy for the overall health of a magazine.
Mr Owen uses monthly data for productivity growth in manufacturing, a good proxy for the traded-goods sector.
While there are tumbling technology stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, too -- Lucent Technologies and Texas Instruments come to mind -- the Nasdaq's meltdown is a pretty good proxy for the state of the technology sector in general.
(RK Limited Edition perfume, which came in chunky Murano glass bottles and cost $695, sold out quickly, which did not surprise Krakoff: "It's a really good proxy for the brand").
Its a good proxy for the whole drug industry.
The Financial Select SPDR, an exchange-traded fund, is a good proxy for the financial sector.
"The mtDNA was a very good proxy for the entire genome," says Schuster.
Historically, ratings are a good proxy for the number of downloads.
Environmental health studies generally consider GSV a good proxy for the "real" environment.
