Abstract
AFTER Version 3.0 (A Framework of Tools for Ethnographic Research) is an MS Windows-based tool for coding and retrieving texts, sounds, graphics, and videos. The major features, strengths, and limitations of this product are described; useful tips and hints are given for maximizing AFTER’s research potential. Emphasis is placed on procedures for coding files, analytical tools available in the software, and types of coded products that may be generated. AFTER will be of greatest value to those who work primarily with multimedia interview data and who wish to use AFTER primarily as a framework within which to code data and generate excerpts, summary tables of the relative frequencies of the study variables, or SAS or SPSS data files for subsequent quantitative analysis.
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