Julian investigated whether preschool children (aged 4–5 years) exhibit higher levels of cooperative play when provided with open-ended wooden blocks compared to structured plastic playsets. He gathered his sample of parents and their children from a local pediatric health clinic using a volunteer sampling technique.
Julian observed children in Condition A playing with wooden blocks and children in Condition B playing with structured plastic playsets, and coded their cooperative play behaviors.
Describe how Julian could obtain his sample of parents and their children using a volunteer sampling technique.
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