My data results allowed me to come to the conclusion that physical activity, transportation, and mental health are connected. Although many factors contribute to maintaining a health mind, a healthy body is one and can be acheived through transportation styles. My data results show that Danes, with practical access and regular usage of public transportation and bike options have higher daily averages of activity. Their stress levels are also lower overall, and life staisfaction is higher, which countless studies show the connection betweem physical and mental health. This allows me to conclude that if one is able to encourporate daily excerise through changing their transportation style, they can make minimal changed and no sacrafices to their daily life and still manage to complete the reccomended daily exercise time in order to have a positive effect on their mental health.

Like all research, while completeing mine I ran into some difficulties that could have caused some limitations ot my data and conclusion. 

While my survey reached a fair audience from both locations, I was able to get about 6 more responses from Colorado than Denmark, and the inconsistency of respondent numbers may play a role in the collected data. To account for this inaccuracy, I converted my data into percentages in order to create an equal representation. Additionally, my survey was completed in english. Althoughmost Dasnes speak fluent English,it is not their first language which could have caused misinterpretation of questions, therefore leading to inaccurate responses. Lastly, although I attempted to collect data from the age between 18 and 65, I found a heavier amount of my respondents were around the age of 18 or 40. Because I sent the surrey to friends and family, and asked them to pass it along to their friends as well, the majority of the respondents were close to my age and the age of my parents. 

However, Despite the limitations of my research, I feel as if my conclusions are accurate. The  happiness level I detected from respondents reflecting on their levels of stress and life satisfaction, is similar to the levels reported by the World Happiness Report. The accuracy of that part of my data, allows me to feel confident the rest of my data is accurate as well. 

1. my original curisosity for my research began during my time living in Copenhagen, Denmark. I learned to adapt to a new lifestyle. A primary difference was how they get around. Not once did I have access to a car, however I managed to complete all my daily needs and wants because their public transportation system works seamlessly. Each day I would walk to and from bus stops and metro stations in order to get to a restaurant or the gym. The grocery store took me 8 minutes to walk to. I found myself taking more daily steps and being more active. I felt shifts in my mood and decreases in my stress levels, and wondered if that particular aspect of their lives played a role. After completing my reserach, I am still curious to look further into the benefits of public transportation. Such as financial stresses which could also benefit mental health - less gas payments, public transit cards are inexpensive, bikes are cheaper than cars, taxes on cars are more expensive, etc. 

2. The most important research skill I learned from this process was the ability to organize and present my findings. This is a skill that is aplicable to many other fields, specifically in relevance to my life/goals is the importance of presentation and organization in Real Estate Development. I have improved upon the ability to present my project/findings to a board of people who hold a say in the success of my project. Ultimietly, I learned how to effectively present information in a persusive way so that the 'listeners' understand and agree with what I am presenting.