Course Outcomes
Data Analysis of Deconstructing Homelessness
Participant outcomes and completion statistics from the Deconstructing Homelessness course.
This is the data analysis of Deconstructing Homelessness and the content contained in the course. This data will be released after every iteration and will chart the improvements, modifications, and changes made over time.
Deconstructing Homelessness: First Iteration
Dates: 17 January – 19 February 2026 · Location: Ballajura Library · Data generated: 21 February 2026
Source: Derived from slides, references, glossaries, and research.
Slides
Total slides across all 6 weeks: 396 (378 content slides, excluding title, acknowledgements, and section dividers).
- Week 1 — Homelessness & Empathy: The Adversarial Perspective: 82 total / 75 content
- Week 2 — Outhouse to Sh*thouse: Understanding Australia's Housing: 107 total / 104 content
- Week 3 — Understanding the Funding Dynamics of Homelessness: 49 total / 47 content
- Week 4 — State Policy: Housing First: 55 total / 53 content
- Week 5 — Economic Dehumanisation and the Dynamics of Fear: 46 total / 44 content
- Week 6 — Deconstructed: The Future of Homelessness Responses: 57 total / 55 content
Most slides: Week 2 with 107 slides — 27% more than the course average of 66 per session. Least slides: Week 5 with 46.
References
Total references across all 6 weeks: 213.
- Week 1: 16 references — academic psychology & critical theory
- Week 2: 39 references — historical, government, economic policy
- Week 3: 25 references — government policy, academic, NGO
- Week 4: 70 references — government policy, legal, housing research
- Week 5: 17 references — economic theory, government, philosophy
- Week 6: 46 references — government reports, Senate inquiries, policy
Most reference-intensive week: Week 4 (Housing First) with 70 references — more than Weeks 1, 3, and 5 combined.
Reference Domain Breakdown
- doi.org — 98 (peer-reviewed academic journals, 46% of all references)
- wa.gov.au — 31 (Western Australian Government)
- legislation.wa.gov.au — 13 (WA Legislation)
- aph.gov.au — 10 (Australian Parliament)
- rba.gov.au — 8 (Reserve Bank of Australia)
- abc.net.au — 6
- abs.gov.au — 5 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- aihw.gov.au — 5 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
- aiatsis.gov.au — 4 (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
- parliament.wa.gov.au — 4
- nla.gov.au — 4 (National Library of Australia)
- australiainstitute.org.au — 4 (The Australia Institute)
- aushomelessconf.org.au — 4 (Australian Homelessness Conference)
WA Government sources combined (wa.gov.au + legislation.wa + parliament.wa): 48 references. Federal Government: 20 references. Ratio 2.4:1 (WA:Federal).
Glossaries
Total terms defined: 205 across 6 weeks. Total glossary word count: 11,876.
- Week 1: 20 terms — 1,749 words
- Week 2: 57 terms — 3,844 words
- Week 3: 44 terms — 2,449 words
- Week 4: 19 terms — 834 words
- Week 5: 41 terms — 2,079 words
- Week 6: 24 terms — 921 words
Word Counts
Total slide content and presenter notes: 33,595 words across 6 weeks.
- Week 1: 5,478 words
- Week 2: 8,272 words
- Week 3: 4,427 words
- Week 4: 4,958 words
- Week 5: 4,512 words
- Week 6: 5,948 words
Total Project Word Count
- Slide content and presenter notes (all 6 weeks): 33,595
- Glossaries (all 6 weeks): 11,876
- Research notes: 36,419
- Total: 81,890 words
Top 20 Most Repeated Words
- #1 housing — 486 occurrences (appears more than "homelessness" itself)
- #2 homelessness — 356
- #3 government — 135
- #4 australia — 124
- #5 people — 123 (humanising frame throughout)
- #6 system — 122 (structural critique lens)
- #7 state — 108 ("state government" + "state of being")
- #8 first — 104 ("Housing First" policy term)
- #9 funding — 101
- #10 policy — 93
- #11 social — 87
- #12 within — 79
- #13 market — 76
- #14 economic — 74
- #15 australian — 73
- #16 sector — 70 (homelessness/NGO sector)
- #17 services — 68
- #18 research — 65
- #19 public — 62 (public housing, public policy)
- #20 support — 60