Course cost

Is Dealing With Missing Data free? Full cost breakdown

Cost data retrieved 2026-08-144 min read

The short answer

No. Dealing With Missing Data is subscription-based. University of Maryland, College Park includes it in a subscription rather than selling it outright, so access lasts as long as you keep paying.
Cost model Subscription
Provider University of Maryland, College Park
Length 18 hours
Certificate Offered
Rating 3.8 / 5 (138 ratings)
Enrolled 12,710

What you actually pay for Dealing With Missing Data

Dealing With Missing Data is classified as a subscription course. That distinction matters more than the headline price: you are renting access, not buying a course. If you stop paying before you finish, you stop having access, so the real cost is the monthly figure multiplied by however long the course actually takes you, not by how long University of Maryland, College Park says it takes.

The cost classification above is the one University of Maryland, College Park publishes in the structured data on its own course listing, retrieved 2026-08-14. We report that classification rather than a headline price, because the advertised price changes with promotions, region and subscription bundling. The classification is the part that tells you what kind of purchase you are making.

Dealing With Missing Data cost at a glance

DetailInfo
CourseDealing With Missing Data
Cost modelSubscription: included with a paid plan, not sold outright
ProviderUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Taught byRichard Valliant, Ph.D.
Time to complete18 hours
CertificateOffered on completion
Learner rating3.8 / 5 from 138 ratings
Total enrolled12,710
Subject areaData Science

Is the Dealing With Missing Data certificate worth paying for?

Dealing With Missing Data offers a certificate on completion. Whether it justifies its cost depends on what you need it for. A certificate is evidence that you finished something; it is not evidence that you can do the work. Hiring managers in Data Science weight a portfolio of applied work more heavily than a completion certificate, and that gap widens the more senior the role.

The case for paying is narrower and more specific than the marketing suggests: an employer or professional body that reimburses or requires it, a visa or compliance requirement, or a career change where you have no other artifact to show. If none of those apply to you, the free or audit path plus a project you actually built is usually the better trade.

How long Dealing With Missing Data really takes

University of Maryland, College Park lists Dealing With Missing Data at 18 hours. Treat that as the floor rather than the estimate. Published durations count video and reading time; they do not count re-watching, note-taking, or the time you lose to an exercise that will not compile. A realistic planning figure is roughly one and a half to two times the listed length.

This matters directly to cost when the course is subscription-based, because the time it takes you is what you are actually paying for.

What 138 ratings tell you

A 3.8 average is below what most well-regarded courses on the platform hold. With 138 ratings behind it, that is unlikely to be a sampling artifact, and it is worth understanding the specific objection before committing time. 12,710 learners have enrolled in total.

Enrolment counts are cumulative and include everyone who signed up, not everyone who finished. On free and subscription courses in particular, enrolment is a much weaker signal than the rating, because signing up costs nothing.

Who Dealing With Missing Data suits

Dealing With Missing Data is taught by Richard Valliant, Ph.D. through University of Maryland, College Park, in Data Science. This course will cover the steps used in weighting sample surveys, including methods for adjusting for nonresponse and using data external to the survey for calibration. Among the techniques discussed are adjustments using estimated response propensities, poststratification, raking, and general regression estimation. Alternative techniques for imputing values for missing items will be discussed.

How Dealing With Missing Data compares on cost to other Data Science courses

Cost model is easier to judge against its neighbours than on its own. Of the 6 other Data Science courses we hold cost data for, none are free, which is the context that tells you whether subscription is normal here or unusual.

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Dealing With Missing DataSubscription3.818 hours
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Frequently asked questions about Dealing With Missing Data

Is Dealing With Missing Data free?

No. Dealing With Missing Data is offered on a subscription basis, so access continues only while the subscription is active. Many subscriptions include a trial period.

How long does Dealing With Missing Data take?

University of Maryland, College Park lists it at 18 hours. Allow more than that in practice: published durations exclude review time and exercises that take longer than planned.

Does Dealing With Missing Data come with a certificate?

Yes, a certificate is offered on completion. It is normally the paid component even where the course material itself is not.

Is Dealing With Missing Data worth it?

It holds 3.8 out of 5 from 138 ratings, with 12,710 enrolled. On cost model it is subscription, so the question is less whether it is good and more whether the cost model fits how you actually study.

View Dealing With Missing Data on University of Maryland, College Park for current pricing and enrolment.

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