What you need to remember is to 1) give a brief one-sentence summary of the studies with proper citation, and 2) answer every point given to you (e.g. give one similarity, give one strength, etc.).
Both Ramida (1998) and and Farr et al. (2012) conducted
studies to see how a dosage of aspirin would affect subjects’ blood pressure. In
Ramida’s (1998) study, 328 patients with mild high blood pressure and a mean
age of 44 years were given 100 mg of aspirin each morning. In Farr et al.’s
(2012) study, 75 mg of aspirin was given daily to 2,719 patients, all older
than 65 years, with high blood pressure. Both studies used a randomized control
group, to allow comparison. The results of both studies showed a drop in subjects’
blood pressure, but only Ramida (1998) saw a statistically significant decrease
in the experimental group. The strengths of Ramida’s (1998) study were the use
of a randomized control group who received a placebo (to minimize the placebo
effect), as well as double blinding, to reduce researcher bias. While Farr et
al.’s (2012) research, did not use either a placebo or double blinding, it used
a much larger sample, which allows for stronger statistical analyses. The
findings from both studies would seem to have implications for the use of
aspirin in treating high blood pressure, as both studies did see some decrease
in blood pressure in the subjects receiving aspirin. However, since Farr et al.’s
(2012) research did not uncover a significant drop, and a decrease was even
seen in the control group subjects studied by Ramida (1998), further research
on the effect of aspirin on blood pressure is needed. More specifically, it
would seem that research should focus on patients with mild high blood
pressure, as these were the subjects who saw a statistically significant
reduction after receiving aspirin, as seen in Ramida’s (1998) study.
Remember, in the exam, one of the studies will be "yours", as in, you must pretend that you conducted a study with the details given to you and discuss it like it was your own.
You may use "In our study, we did not use double blinding, which may have led to some researcher bias", for example, if you were pretending to be Farr and colleagues.