Which of the following would be the best option to obtain a representative sample of students at your college?
A)Ask students eating in the cafeteria at lunchtime to participate in an important study.
B)At random, draw a list of students from the most recent college registrar's list.
C)Stop students as they are walking to their cars in parking lots and ask them to participate.
D)Ask all of the sociology majors to participate in the study.

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Option B is the best choice because randomly drawing a list of students from the college registrar's list ensures that every student has an equal chance of being selected, making the sample more representative of the entire student body.

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