"internet research by strassberg and holty (2003) compared responses to women s personal ads. the researchers presented participants with an ad focusing on different characteristics such as 1) slim and attractive, 2) sensual and passionate, 3) painting and hiking, or 4) financially independent and ambitious. this is an example of a " a) factorial design b) repeated measures design c) mixed factorial design d) non-experimental design

The example of different characteristics such as slim and attractive, sensual and passionate, painting and hiking and financially independent and ambitious are factorial design.

Option A

Explanation:

Factorial design is a psychology experiments with multiple factors having two advantages to researchers first is to examine two or more individual independent variables and second  is to detect interaction among variables. Independent variable is a factor and subdivision of a factor is a level.

There is 2x2 factorial designs which means two factor and that factors have two levels. These factors can be independent variables. Factorial design can vary like 4x3 which means two independent variables with four levels.