# proxy

> variable used in statistics and experimental design: not in itself directly relevant, but that serves in place of an unobservable or immeasurable variable

**Wikidata**: [Q1432581](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432581)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_(statistics))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/proxy-q1432581-2


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)