Blog 2

Context

For my research project, I am looking and seeing if larger nations receive less harsh consequences from the Olympic Committee for using PEDs than smaller nations. My hypothesis claims that athletes from larger nations will receive a less harsh consequence from the Olympic Committee due to their social and economical power and also status.

Gap

I plan to contribute to this topic by seeing if there is a correlation between larger nations' consequences and smaller nations' consequences from the Olympic committee. This is an important matter because some smaller nations severely punish their athletes due to them being caught using PEDs and this also may prove that there is always a bias no matter how large the stage is and how talented the athletes are.

Process

My process has consisted of looking for six things when searching for athletes that have been caught by the Olympic Committee for using PEDs. These six things consist of the athlete's name, the country they're from, the steroid they used, the year they were caught, the steroid they used, and finally how long their consequence was from the Olympic Committee. Throughout my research process, I've done this for every athlete from every country that has been caught using PEDs in order to make sure there is no bias in my statistical finding later in my paper. I've compiled all of my findings into one document and plan to use the information to code.

 (Picture above shows how I have been organizing my research)

Progress

Currently in the progress stage, I am just finishing my data collection and switching over to data analysis soon. After I do finish my data collection and analysis I will compare my results to truly see if athletes from larger nations will receive a less harsh consequence from the Olympic Committee when compared to smaller nations. Overall I believe that I am progressing well through the research stage and plan to continue to finish and analyze my research.