RAND Corporation
1776 Main Street, PO Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407 bstucky@rand.org
( 310 ) 393-0411 x6336
Education
2011 Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Advisor: David Thissen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Logistic Approximations of Marginal Trace Lines for Bifactor Item
Response Theory Models .
2009 M.A. Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Advisor: David Thissen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Item Response Theory for Weighted Summed Scores .
2005 B.S. Psychology (Honors), English Literature, University of Kansas (highest distinction)
Advisor: Todd D. Little, Ph.D.
Research Experience
Co-Investigator: RAND Corporation, “Development of a New Measure of Asthma-specific
Quality of Life” R01HL107312, Apr 2011 – Present
Co-Investigator: RAND Corporation, “Development and Evaluation of a Smoking Module for
PROMIS” R01DA026943-01, Aug 2011 - Present
Primary-Investigator: RAND Corporation, “Developing RAND’s capacity for Computer
Adaptive Testing” RAND Initiated Research- Methods Lab, Sept 2013 – Sept 2014
Graduate Research: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006–2011 (Research Advisor:
David Thissen, Ph.D., Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH)
Graduate Research: School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008–
2011 (Research Supervisor: Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Ph.D., Jessica Lee, Ph.D.)
Statistical Consultant : Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007–2011
Undergraduate Research : Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, 2001–2005 (Research advisers: Todd D. Little, Ph.D., Noel Card, Ph.D.)

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Under Review
Sherbourne, C. D., Stucky, B. D.
, Edelen, M. O., Eberhart, E., Kleerup, E., and Lara, M. (under review). Assessing the validity of the RAND Negative Impact of Asthma on Quality of
Life Short-Forms.
Edelen, M. O., Sherbourne, C. D., Stucky, B. D.
, Eberhart, E, and Lara, M. (under review).
Correspondence between the RAND Negative Impact of Asthma on Quality of Life Item
Bank and the Marks Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire.
Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, Hansen, M., Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., & Cai, L. (under review). The PROMIS® Smoking Initiative: Initial validity evidence for six new smoking item banks.
Edelen, M. O., Chandra, A., Stucky, B. D.
, Schear, R., Neal, C., & Rechis-Oelker, R. (under review). Developing a global Cancer Stigma Index (CSI).
Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Stucky, B. D.
, Cerully, J., Zhen, L., Hansen, M., &
Cai, L. (under review). Development of the PROMIS® Negative Health Expectancies item banks.
Peer Reviewed Publications and Book Chapters
Stucky, B. D.
, Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Cerully, J., Kuhfeld, M., Hansen, M., and Cai, L. (in press). Development of the PROMIS® Negative Psychosocial
Expectancies of Smoking item banks. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Stucky, B. D., Edelen, M. O., Vaughan, C. A., Tucker, J. S., & Butler, J. (in press). The psychometric development and initial validation of the DCI-A Short Form for adolescent therapeutic community treatment process. Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment.
Stucky, B. D.
& Edelen, M. O. (forthcoming). Using hierarchical IRT models to create unidimensional measures from multidimensional data. To appear in Reise, S. P. and
Revicki, D. A. (Eds.), Handbook of Item Response Theory Modeling: Applications to
Typical Performance Assessment . New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Shadel, W. G., Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Stucky, B. D.
, Hansen, M., & Cai, L. (in press).
Development of the PROMIS Coping Expectancies of Smoking item bank.
Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, Li, Z, Hansen, M., and Cai, L. (in press). Development of the PROMIS® Positive Emotional and Sensory Expectancies of
Smoking Item Banks.
Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, & Chandra, A. (in press). Quantifying ‘problematic’ DIF within an IRT Framework: Application to a cancer stigma index. Quality of Life
Research.

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Varni, J. W., Magnus, B., Stucky, B. D.
, Liu, Y., Quinn, H., Thissen, D., Gross, H. E., Huang, I-
C., & DeWalt, D. A. (in press). Psychometric properties of the PROMIS®
Pediatric Scales: Precision, stability, and comparison of different scoring and administration options. Quality of Life Research
Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Stucky, B. D.
, Butler, J., & Muehlbach, B. (in press). Assessment of the adolescent TC treatment process via client report. Journal of Child & Adolescent
Substance Abuse.
Hansen, M., Cai, L., Stucky, B. D.
, Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., and Edelen, M. O. (in press).
Methodology for developing and evaluating the PROMIS® smoking item banks.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research .
Eberhart, N. K., Sherbourne, C. D., Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, Sin, N. L., & Lara, M. (in press). Development of a measure of Asthma-specific quality of life among adults.
Quality of Life Research.
Shadel, W. G., Tucker, J. S., Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, Hansen, M., & Cai, L. (in press).
Development of the PROMIS Nicotine Dependence item bank.
Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D., Kuhfeld, M., Hansen, M., and Cai,
L. (in press). Development of the PROMIS® Social Motivations for Smoking Item
Banks.
Stucky, B. D.
, Edelen, M. O., Sherbourne, C. D., Eberhart, N. K., and Lara, M. (2014).
Developing an item bank and short forms that assess the negative impact of asthma on
quality of life. Respiratory Medicine, 108 , 252-263.
Stucky, B. D.
, Edelen, M. O., & Ramchand, R. (2014). A psychometric assessment of the GAIN General Individual Severity Scale (GAIN-GISS) and Short Screener (GAIN-
SS) among adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 46 , 165-173.
Varni, W. J., Thissen, D., Stucky, B. D.
, Liu, Y., Magnus, B., Quinn, H., Irwin, D. E., DeWitt,
E. M., Lai, J-S., Amtmann, D., & DeWalt, D. A. (2014). PROMIS parent proxy report scales for children ages 5-7 years: An item response theory analysis of differential item functioning. Quality of Life Research, 23 , 349-361.
Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., & Edelen, M. O. (2013). Using logistic approximations of marginal trace lines to develop short assessments. Applied Psychological Measurement,
37: 23-39.
Lee, J. Y., Stucky, B. D.
, Rozier, R. G., Lee, J. Y., & Zeldin, L. (2013). Oral Health
Literacy Assessment (OHLA): Development of the oral health literacy instrument for
Spanish speakers. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 73 , 1-8.

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Lai, J. S., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Varni, J. W., DeWitt, E. M., Irwin, D. E., Yeatts, K. B., &
DeWalt, D. (2013). Development and psychometric properties of the PROMIS
Pediatric Fatigue item banks. Quality of Life Research , 22 , 2417-2427.
DeWalt, D. A., Thissen, D., Stucky, B. D.
, DeWitt, E. M., Irwin, D. E., Lai, J. S., Yeatts, K. B.,
Gross, H. E., Taylor, O., & Varni, J. W. (2013). PROMIS Pediatric Peer Relationships
Scale: Development of a peer relationships item bank as part of social health measurement. Health Psychology, 10 , 1093-1103.
Stucky, B. D.
, Gottfredson, N. C., & Panter, A. T. (2012). Item-level factor analysis.
In H. Cooper, P. Camic, D. Long, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. Sher (Eds.),
Handbook of Research Methodology in Psychology (Vol. 1) (Pp. 683-697). Washington,
DC: APA Books.
APA
Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B. D.
, Langer, M. M., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J.-S., Yeatts, K. B.,
Varni, J. W., & DeWalt, D. A. (2012). PROMIS pediatric anger scale: An item response theory analysis, Quality of Life Research , 21: 697-706.
Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Stucky, B. D.
, & Cai, L. (2012). Toward a more systematic assessment of smoking: Development of a smoking module for PROMIS.
Addictive Behaviors, 37: 1278-1284.
Varni, J. W., Thissen, D., Stucky, B. D.
, Liu, Y., Gorder, H., Irwin, D. E., DeWitt, E. M., Lai,
J-S., Amtmann, D., DeWalt, D. A. (2012). PROMIS parent proxy report scales: An item response theory analysis of the parent proxy report item bank. Quality of Life Research,
7 , 1223-1240.
Irwin, D. E., Gross, H. E., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., Amtmann, D.,
Khastou, L., Varni, J. W., DeWalt, D. A. (2012). Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banks. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10 , 1-13.
Stucky, B. D.
, Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. Y. D., & Rozier, R. G. (2011). Development of the Two
Stage Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TS-REALD).
and Oral Epidemiology, 39 , 474-480.
Community Dentistry
Stucky, B. D.
, Gottfredson, N. C., Panter, A. T., Daye, C. E., Allen, W. R., & Wightman, L. F.
(2011). An item factor analysis and item response theory-based revision of the Everyday Discrimination Scale.
17, 175-185 .
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology ,
Thissen, D., Varni, J. W., Stucky, B. D.
, Liu, Y., Irwin, D. E., & DeWalt, D. A. (2011).
Using the PedsQL 3.0 Asthma Module to obtain scores comparable with those of the
PROMIS Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS),
1505.
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DeWitt, E. M., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D. E., Langer, M., Varni, J., Lai, J. S., Yeatts,
K., & DeWalt, D. D. (2011). Construction of the eight item PROMIS pediatric physical function scales: Built using item response theory. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64 ,
794-804.
Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., Yeatts, K., Varni, J., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2010). Sampling plan and patient characteristics of the PROMIS pediatrics large-scale survey. Quality of Life Research, 19 , 585-594 .
Lee, D.S.Y, Stucky, B. D.
, Lee, J. Y, Rozier, R. G., & Bender, D. E. (2010). Short assessment of health literacy-Spanish and English: A comparable test of health literacy for Spanish and English-speakers. Health Services Research, 45 , 1105-1120.
Varni, J., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Irwin, D. E., Lai, J. S., Yeatts, K., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2010). PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference Scale: An item response theory analysis of the pediatric pain item bank. Journal of Pain , 11 , 1109-1119.
Yeatts, K., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D. E., Varni, J., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2010). Construction of the Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS) for the
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of
Asthma, 47 , 295-302.
Villaveces, A., Stucky, B. D.
, Runyan, C., Moore, K. S., & Berlin, S. (2010). The development of an instrument for evaluating core competencies in violence and injury prevention.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 16 , 337-344.
Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B. D.
, Langer, M. L., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., Varni, J.,
Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D. D. (2010). An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales. Quality of Life Research , 19 , 595-607 .
Card, N. A., Stucky, B. D.
, Sawalani, G. M., & Little, T. D. (2008). Direct and indirect aggression during childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review of gender differences, intercorrelations, and relations to maladjustment
1185-1229.
Book Reviews
. Child Development , 79,
Stucky, B. D.
& Pereira, C. C. A. (2012). Developing and assessing medical and health
measures [review of “Measurement in medicine: A practical guide”].
Research, 21 , 371-373.
Quality of Life
Card, N. A., & Stucky, B. D.
(2005). Providing a foundation for research on girlhood aggression [review of “The development and treatment of girlhood aggression”].
Contemporary Psychology, 50 (7), article 5 .

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Card, N. A., & Stucky, B. D.
(2005). Understanding aggression and antisocial behavior among girls: A developmental perspective [review of “Aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence among girls”]. Contemporary Psychology, 50 (19), article 12 .
Invited Talks/Selected Conference Presentations
Stucky, B. D.
, Sherbourne, C., Edelen, M. O., Eberhart, N. K., Lara-Grenberg, M. (November,
2013). The Relationship between the Negative Impact of Asthma on Quality of Life,
Symptoms, Control, and Generic Quality of Life . Presentation at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Dublin, Ireland.
Stucky, B. D.
, Edelen, M. O., Sherbourne, C., Eberhart, N. K., Lara, M. (October,
2013). The Psychometric Development of an Item Bank and Short Forms that Assess the
Impact of Asthma on Quality of Life . Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research, Miami, FL.
Stucky, B. D.
& Edelen, M. O. (August, 2013). Development and Evaluation of Item Banks for
Smoking-related Assessment . Presentation at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal,
Quebec.
Stucky, B. D., Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., Shadel, W. G., Cai, L., and Hansen, M. (March,
2013). The PROMIS Smoking Initiative : Perceived Risks Item Banks.
Poster presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Boston, MA.
Stucky, B. D.
, Sherbourne, C., Edelen, M. O., Eberhart, N. K., Lara-Grenberg, M. (October,
2012). The Psychometric Development of Multiple Asthma Quality of Life Item Banks .
Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research, Budapest, Hungary.
Sherbourne, C., Eberhart, N. K., Edelen, M. O., Stucky, B. D.
, Lara-Grenberg, M. (October,
2012). Development of Asthma-Specific Quality of Life Items for Item Banking . Poster presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research, Budapest, Hungary.
DeWitt, E. M., Gross, H., Stucky, B. D.
, et al., (2011, November). Cross-sectional Validation of
Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System Pediatric Scales in Juvenile
Idiopathic Arthritis, Childhood Systemic Lupus, and Juvenile Dermatomyositis .
Presentation at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting,
Chicago, IL.
Stucky, B. D.
, Irwin, D.E., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E.M, Langer, M.M., Scanlon, K., Varni, J.W.,
Lai, J. –S., Yeatts, K. B., and DeWalt, D.A.. (2009, October). Sampling and Item
Analysis Plan of the PROMIS Pediatrics Large Scale Survey . Presentation at the
International Society of Quality of Life Research, New Orleans, LA.

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Lai, J. S., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D. E., DeWitt, E. M., Varni, J., Yeatts, K., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2009, October). Development of the PROMIS Pediatric Fatigue Item
Bank. Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research, New Orleans,
LA.
Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Lai, J. S., DeWitt, E. M., Varni, J., Yeatts, K., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2009, October). Development of the PROMIS Pediatric Emotional
Distress Item Banks. Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research,
New Orleans, LA.
DeWitt, E. M., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D. E., Varni, J., Lai, J. S., Yeatts, K., &
DeWalt, D. D. (2009, October). Development and Evaluation of PROMIS Pediatrics
Physical Function Item Banks. Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life
Research, New Orleans, LA.
Stucky, B. D.
, Langer, M.M., Thissen, D., Irwin, D.E., Scanlon, K., DeWitt, E.M, Varni, J.W., and DeWalt, D.A.. (2008, October).
Health Measure
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Item analysis of the Emotional Scale of a Pediatric
. Presentation at the International Society of Quality of Life Research,
Stucky, B. D., & Thissen, D. (2008, June). Item Response Theory for Weighted Summed Scores .
Presentation at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Durham, NH.
Serrano, D., & Stucky, B. D. (2008, June). Response Time Item Response Theory .
Presentation at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Durham, NH.
Stucky, B. D.
, Langer, M.M., Thissen, D., Irwin, D.E., Scanlon, K., DeWalt, D.A., Burwinkle,
T.M., Varni, J.W., and DeWitt, E.M. (2008, March). Progress on a new measure of health-related quality of life for pediatric use: Selected preliminary results from factoranalytic investigations of emotional quality of life . Presentation at the PROMIS conference, Bethesda, MD.
Langer, M.M., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D.E., Scanlon, K., DeWalt, D.A., Burwinkle,
T.M., Varni, J.W., and DeWitt, E.M. (2008, March). Progress on a new measure of health-related quality of life for pediatric use: Selected preliminary results from factoranalytic investigations of social quality of life
Bethesda, MD.
. Presentation at the PROMIS conference,
Thissen, D., Langer, M.M., Stucky, B. D.
, Irwin, D.E., Scanlon, K., DeWalt, D.A., Burwinkle,
T.M., Varni, J.W., and DeWitt, E.M. (2008, March). You can see a lot just by looking .
Presentation at the PROMIS conference, Bethesda, MD.
Stucky, B. D., Gottfredson, N.C., Panter, A.T., Daye, C.E., Allen, W.A., & Wightman, L.F.
(2008, May). IRT detects differential item functioning in the Everyday Discrimination
Scale. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL.

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Gottfredson, N.C., Stucky, B. D., Panter, A.T., Daye, C.E., Allen, W.A. & Wightman, L.F.
(2008, May). Local Dependence in the Everyday Discrimination Scale: Findings and
Suggestions. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL.
Langer, M. M., Stucky, B. D.
, Thissen, D., Irwin, D., Scalon, K., DeWitt, E., Varni, J.,
Burwinkle, T., and DeWalt, D. A. (2008, March). Progress on a new measure of healthrelated quality of life for pediatrics: The data sources, analysis plans, and selected preliminary results. Poster presented at the PROMIS conference, Bethesda, MD.
Wilder, R, DeWitt, E.M., Thissen, D., Langer, M.M., Lee, T., Stucky, B. D.
, Lovell, D.J., and
Weinfurt, K.P. (2008, March). Item response theory analysis of self-reported CHAQ in
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis . Poster presented at the PROMIS conference, Bethesda, MD.
Stucky, B. D.
, Card, N. A., Sawalani, G. M., & Little, T. D. (2006, March). Overt and relational forms of aggression and psychosocial maladjustment: A meta-analytic review . Poster presented at the 11 th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San
Francisco, CA.
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2003
Stucky, B. D.
, Sawalani, G. M., Card, N. A., Little, & T. D. (2005, June). Forms of childhood aggression and personal and interpersonal maladjustment: Preliminary results from a meta-analytic review . Poster presented at the third annual meeting of the Midwest Social
Development Consortium, Lawrence, KS.
Sawalani, G. M., Stucky, B. D.
, Card, N. A., & Little, T. D. (2005, June). A meta-analytic review of gender differences in overt and relational aggression: Preliminary findings .
Poster presented at the third annual meeting of the Midwest Social Development
Consortium, Lawrence, KS.
Selig, J. P, Ledford, E., Card, N. A., Stucky, B. D.
, & Little, T. D. (2005, April). When personalities clash: Big Five personality and mutual antipathy among children. In F. C.
McFarland & J. Antonishak (Chairs), Friends, enemies, and jealousy: Longitudinal studies of adolescent problem peer relations . Presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Awards and Honors
2013
2011
RAND Initiated Research Award
PROMIS Psychometric Summit Travel Award
ISOQOL Early Career Investigators’ Award
L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Lab Graduate Travel Award
American Psychological Science Travel Award
University of Kansas Undergraduate Research Award
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences J. Michael Young Award
Department of English Ilus W. Davis Award
Department of Psychology Morrison Award

Ad hoc reviewer
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
Psychological Methods
European Journal of Psychology of Education
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Multivariate Behavioral Research
Personality and Individual Differences
Psychological Assessment
PLoS ONE
The Cultural Diversity Journal
Quality of Life Research
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