The best definition of a proxy record is:

Question

A. Scientific measurements that contain data points that are average approximations of specific measurements.
B. Scientific measurements that are indirect and not recorded with instruments.
C. Scientific measurements that use one set of data to represent another set of data in a calculation.
D. Scientific measurements made using proximal distances between data points.

Answer 1

C. Scientific measurements that use one set of data to represent another set of data in a calculation.