Key Points Introduction The most straightforward way to open your skimmed files is with ROOT There are different plotting libraries out there but you can get started pretty easily with ROOT Make a few plots Simple plots are often the best for first understanding of your data Detector effects and finite acceptance will sculpt your distributions Comparing data and Monte Carlo When comparing data and Monte Carlo, there’s a lot to keep track of Eventually, one would want to perform a fit, but that would be for another lesson Glossary FIXME