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Dr. Evelyn conducted an investigation into the effectiveness of a new biofeedback-assisted breathing application designed to reduce occupational anxiety in office-bound professionals.

She recruited participants by approaching employees who happened to be present in the communal cafeteria of a single technology startup headquarters during their lunch break on a Friday afternoon.

She compared two groups of participants:

  • Condition A: Employees who did not use the biofeedback-assisted breathing application.
  • Condition B: Employees who used the biofeedback-assisted breathing application for 10 minutes whenever they felt a high level of work-related tension.

Evelyn then asked all participants to complete a daily occupational stress diary and rate their overall anxiety over a 48-hour period. A score of 20 represented 'extreme tension and panic' and a score of 0 represented 'absolute calm'.

Explain one strength and one limitation of the sampling technique used by Evelyn in this study.

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