Ah, I understand what you mean. Well, if you know variable X is a proxy for Y, b...

		ckarmann on July 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scr... Ah, I understand what you mean. Well, if you know variable X is a proxy for Y, but Y is a lot longer to measure than X, then I guess it makes sense to optimize X knowing that it will increase Y (if you are sure X will bring Y).