A researcher collected a sample of 938 low-income women and asked about their material well-being. The researcher was interested in the effects of two independent variables:
current employment status (no, yes), and if they had received cash welfare assistance in the past (no, yes).
More specifically, the researcher hypothesized that the effect of current employment on material well-being would be different depending on whether the women had received cash for welfare in the past.
What type of statistical analysis is appropriate for the researcher’s hypothesis?

a) ANOVA
b) ANCOVA 2-Way
c) ANOVA 2-Way
d) ANCOVA

given that a researcher collected a sample of 938 low-income women and asked about their material well-being. The researcher was interested in the effects of two independent variables:

current employment status (no, yes), and if they had received cash welfare assistance in the past (no, yes).

More specifically, the researcher hypothesized that the effect of current employment on material well-being would be different depending on whether the women had received cash for welfare in the past.

i.e. here subject of interest is whether there is significant difference between the means of effect of current employment on material well-being of two groups one receiving cash for welfare and other not receiving cash for welfare are the same or different.

Hence suitable analysis would be ANOVA , analysis of variance where difference between groups and difference within groups are studied.