If you’ve ever frozen mid-sentence trying to explain the difference between a theme and a code, second-guessed whether you’re using “saturation” correctly, or nodded along in a methods class while quietly wondering what “epoché” actually means — this book was written for you.

Speak Qualitative is the terminology guide qualitative researchers actually need: clear, direct definitions of the vocabulary that shows up in every phenomenology, grounded theory, case study, ethnography, and narrative inquiry project — without the jargon-on-jargon explanations that leave you more confused than when you started.