One of the conditions for measuring health is having a healthy body weight. An ideal body weight range is based on the height, gender, and age of a person. A recent study on health selected two different women’s age groups, in the same height range. Their weights were recorded as follows:

Weight (kg)

Women Aged 55 Years Women Aged 65 Years 59.8 66.5 65.5 74.3 67.7 69.9 71.7 64.8 68.9 71.6

a. Calculate the average weight for both groups of women.

b. Based on the findings in part

a, is there any difference between the two groups?

c. Would the values calculated in part a be considered as parameters or statistics? Explain.