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From test dummy to test proposal it's not a huge cognitive step. I wasn't able to find a secondary reference saying it though. There is one which says that the Air Force used "straw man" to refer to initial proposals in the 1970s, and I've added that to the article.
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Grammatically correct is "straw-man proposal", "'straw man' proposal", or "strawman proposal". But "straw man proposal" appears often enough in the sources cited.
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