Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf97153/chap_4.htm
The National Science Foundation presents the following chapter as the benchmarks for qualitative analysis.

http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_QDA/what_is_qda.php
This website helps students learn how to complete qualitative data analysis on the web.