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Suppose that you want to estimate the proportion of students at your college that read the college newspaper. Which sampling method is the best for producing this estimate?

a) Select 50 students at random from the college.
b) Select 100 students at random from the college.
c) Select 200 students at random from the list of students enrolled in Journalism courses.
d) Select 300 students who pick up the school newspaper from the library.
e) Either (a) or (b). Both and equally representative of the student population at the college.

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