%0 Journal Article %J Annual Review of Clinical Psychology %D 2009 %T Item response theory and clinical measurement %A Reise, S. P. %A Waller, N. G. %K *Psychological Theory %K Humans %K Mental Disorders/diagnosis/psychology %K Psychological Tests %K Psychometrics %K Quality of Life %K Questionnaires %X In this review, we examine studies that use item response theory (IRT) to explore the psychometric properties of clinical measures. Next, we consider how IRT has been used in clinical research for: scale linking, computerized adaptive testing, and differential item functioning analysis. Finally, we consider the scale properties of IRT trait scores. We conclude that there are notable differences between cognitive and clinical measures that have relevance for IRT modeling. Future research should be directed toward a better understanding of the metric of the latent trait and the psychological processes that lead to individual differences in item response behaviors. %B Annual Review of Clinical Psychology %7 2008/11/04 %V 5 %P 27-48 %@ 1548-5951 (Electronic) %G eng %M 18976138 %0 Book %D 1989 %T Computerized adaptive personality assessment %A Waller, N. G. %C Unpublished master’s thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge MA %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association %D 1988 %T A comparison of two methods for the adaptive administration of the MMPI-2 content scales %A Ben-Porath, Y. S. %A Waller, N. G. %A Slutske, W. S. %A Butcher, J. N. %B Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association %C Atlanta GA %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Unpublished manuscript. %D 1988 %T Fitting the two-parameter model to personality data: The parameterization of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire %A Reise, S. P. %A Waller, N. G. %B Unpublished manuscript. %G eng