Elena investigated people's attitudes towards a new public health vaccination campaign. She gathered her participants from her local community centre using a volunteer sampling technique.
Elena showed her participants a video of a new vaccination campaign. She showed two different groups of participants a different variation of the video. In Condition A, she showed the participants an informative video with scientific facts, and in Condition B, she showed them a video focusing on peer-testimonials.
Describe how Elena may have gathered her participants using a volunteer sampling technique.
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