<resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4" xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.1/metadata.xsd"><identifier identifierType="DOI">10.7910/DVN/VSWHLJ</identifier><creators><creator><creatorName nameType="Personal">Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna</creatorName><givenName>Shanna</givenName><familyName>Pearson-Merkowitz</familyName><nameIdentifier SchemeURI="https://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0001-6440-1098</nameIdentifier><affiliation>University of Maryland College Park</affiliation></creator></creators><titles><title>Replication Data for "Representation in State Legislative Hearings: A Case Study of Oral Testimony in the Maryland State Legislature" PPMR</title></titles><publisher>Harvard Dataverse</publisher><publicationYear>2026</publicationYear><subjects><subject>Social Sciences</subject><subject>State legislatures</subject><subject>Representation</subject></subjects><contributors><contributor contributorType="ContactPerson"><contributorName nameType="Personal">Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna</contributorName><givenName>Shanna</givenName><familyName>Pearson-Merkowitz</familyName><affiliation>University of Maryland College Park</affiliation></contributor><contributor contributorType="Producer"><contributorName nameType="Personal">Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna</contributorName><givenName>Shanna</givenName><familyName>Pearson-Merkowitz</familyName><affiliation>University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Policy</affiliation></contributor></contributors><dates><date dateType="Submitted">2026-05-28</date><date dateType="Updated">2026-06-02</date></dates><resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset"/><sizes><size>61784</size><size>6020</size><size>17757</size></sizes><formats><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</format><format>text/markdown</format><format>type/x-r-syntax</format></formats><version>1.0</version><rightsList><rights rightsURI="info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess"/><rights rightsURI="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</rights></rightsList><descriptions><description descriptionType="Abstract">This dataset is the replication data for the article "Representation in State Legislative Hearings: A Case Study of Oral Testimony in the Maryland State Legislature" published in Public Performance &amp; Management Review</description></descriptions><geoLocations/></resource>