"Make sure to change 26 to the value of the status you want to be the default one, as found in the database / prep section of synthesis instructions."
You can find this in your database in the ost_list_items table. There is also the list id for the list needed elsewhere.
"Change the variable name from whatever you have to" stat "without the quotes and That should fix it."
Go to the admin panel of your osticket. Select Manage -> Forms. Open up the form that has the list in it. There on the variable column see what you have as a variable for your list and change it to stat.