The government of a town needs to determine if the city's residents will support the construction of a new town hall. The government decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the city's residents. Which one of the following procedures would be most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the town's residents?
A) Survey a random sample of employees at the old city hall.
B) Survey the first 200 people listed in the town's telephone directory.
C) Survey a random sample of persons within each geographic region of the city.
D) Survey every 4th person who walks into city hall on a given day.

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Surveying a random sample of persons within each geographic region of the city ensures that all parts of the city are represented, making the sample more likely to accurately reflect the views of the entire population.

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