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Michael Spratt

Research Associate in Applied Statistics

Contact details

Room 2.1
Telephone (0117) 331 0677
Email: M.Spratt@bristol.ac.uk


Research interests

Michael works on the methodological strand of the ESRC funded project "An examination of the impact of family socio-economic status on outcomes in late childhood and adolescence", and is mainly concerned with missing data techniques, including modeling in the WinBUGS Bayesian environment. He has previously held statistical posts in the Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, and in the National Health Service.

Recent publications

Spratt M, Carpenter JR, Sterne JAC, Carlin JB, Heron J, Henderson J, Tilling K. Strategies for Multiple Imputation in Longitudinal Studies. 2010.

Sterne JAC, White IR, Carlin JB, Spratt M, Royston P, Kenward MG, Carpetner JR. Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls. BMJ 338. 2009.

McEniery CM, Spratt M, Munnery M, Yarnell J, Lowe GD, Rumley A, Gallacher J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Cockcroft JR, Wilkinson IB. An analysis of prospective risk factors for aortic stiffness in men: 20-year follow-up from the Caerphilly prospective study. Hypertension, Volume 56, 1, 2010.