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Default Proportionally weighted random generator?

I have a set of data that contains page numbers from a report that I run.
These page numbers can appear multiple times in any given report based on
activity on that page. I run a frequency of the number of times a given page
appears. I would like to take a random sampling of this report for audit
purposes, but I would like the random sample to be propotionally weighted
based on the frequency a page appears on my reports. For example if ten page
numbers appear on my report, but page number 1 appears four times. I want
page number 1 to be weighted in such a way that it is four times as likely to
appear on my random sampling. Is there anyway to set a up a generator to
make this happen? Thanks in advance.
 
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