Scenario 2 Part A.1: Institutional Capacity
Replicate hearings activity data

The exercise is to replicate as closely as possible the chart below.

(Click on the thumbnails to view the larger picture.)

Basic Instructions for Total Hearings Activity

1. Click here to open a new window with the analysis tool.
2. Select the Congressional Hearings dataset. This dataset is the default dataset on the query form, so no need to check the box since it is already checked. If you would like to look at a comparison of House, Senate, and Joint hearings, click the boxes next to each of these datasets and deselect Congressional Hearings.
3. Leave the boxes near the major topics blank.
4. Select appropriate beginning and ending Congressional Sessions. (Don't forget to click the option for "the Congressional Sessions", rather than "Years"!)
   Note: the 79th and 106th Congresses contain only partial data (1 year each).
5. Select the option "Number of cases per year or congress"
6. Finally, click the button "Search."
7. A chart will appear graphing the total hearings.
   
   (The Chart Tutorial provides detailed instructions about changing the chart appearance.)