Of the 9000 students at a small Liberal Arts College, 3 out of 5 are Jewish. Lauren is conducting a study regarding opinions about the relationship between religion and politics. She would like to generalize her findings to the population of the College. Which of the random sampling strategies should Lauren use to assure that her sample represents her population?
A) Multistage
B) Simple random
C) Systematic
D) Stratified

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Stratified random sampling would be the most appropriate sampling strategy because we know that 3 out of 5 students are Jewish. Therefore, Lauren should divide the population into two strata: Jewish and non-Jewish students. She can then randomly select a representative sample from each stratum. This will ensure that her sample represents the overall population in terms of the proportion of Jewish and non-Jewish students.

Of the 9000 Students at a Small Liberal Arts College