Feb. 20, 2023

current research...

suggests that there is a link between one's physical and mental health, suggesting that if one is improved upon, the other will see improvement as well. Many researchers suggests regualar exercise, at a minimum of 30 minutes per day, in order to benefit both aspects of your health. If one puts effort into their physical health, it is almost gaurenteed they will also see a decreasein stress levels and increase in of seritonin. However, many busy asults are unable to find the extra time to make that lifestyle change. This is where my research plays in...

my research...

hypothesizes that one can improve their time spent exercising by encourporating it into their daily busy life, instead of adding an additional 'task' to their hectic schedule. The solution I began to research was tranportation forms. By gethering data on health level, both mentally and physically from citizens of two different cities that engage in different primary forms of transportation, I tried to see if there truly was a link that could present a solution. I hoped to find that those have higher life satisfaction if they ride their bike or take public tranportation.

The contribution my research is making to an academic conversation is the potentiall offering of a new solution to improving peoples well-being in a way that could also benefit many other aspects. I am hoping my data will find that those who regularly use a form of transportation that allows physical activity (walking to destination or transit station, biking, etc) are more active and have higher levels of mental health. If my findings prove my hypothesis, I hope to suggest the solution of increaisng access to public transportation in areas that lack it in order to mainly improve people's health but also have other benefits on the environment. My contribution to this academic conversation can also be identified as my GAP - research that yet exists. Although much researchs exists around health and ways to improve both mentally and physically, none of the current presented reccomendations include changing how you get to and from work or other errands. Additionlly, I chose to compare Copenhagen, a city with minimal personal car usage, to Denver, a city with primarily only personal car usage, in order to test my hypothesis.

my process...

of conducting my research that will contribute to the current academic conversation is primarily through a survey. I created a list of questions that evaluated how satisfied and stressed people are, how they commute, how active they are and a few other aspects. This survey was sent out to a range of participants living in Denver and Copenhagen in order to recieve responses from both cities. (for view of full survey, follow image link)

update as of today:

Today I am wrapping up my data collections, which entails stopping survey responses. I have roughly 20 responses from each city, and plan to analyze the responses and turn the finding into percentages. I have been sending the survey link, attached to the end of a consent form, through social media and some personal messages to get more direct awareness of my survey.

Although I have collected a fair amount of responses, I did hope for more so this final week of data collection I plan to change my method of asking for respondant participation in order to get as many as possible before I begin analysis. Once I wrap up data collection, I will move onto data analysis, converting my findings into averages and percantages. This will allow me to make charts and visualize my data and see how my hypothesis was or was not reflected. Some of the charts I will make may look like these...

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