A random sample of 1000 people from California (population over 35,000,000) and 1000 people from Rhode Island (population just over 1,000,000) was taken by the Gallup Poll. Which is correct?

a) The sample from California will be more biased because the sampling fraction is smaller.
b) The sample from Rhode Island will be substantially more accurate than that from California because a higher sampling fraction was chosen.
c) The sample from California will have a larger sampling error than from Rhode Island because less of the population is sampled.
d) Both samples will be approximately equally accurate because the sample sizes are the same.

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