Fai Hrong-tai

Fai Hrong-tai, also known by his English name Alex Fai, is a Taiwanese statistician and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2005. He represents Taipei City Constituency VII and is the leader of the Kuomintang caucus in the legislature.

Early life and education

Fai was born in Taipei on July 7, 1954, to Fai Jin-ho and Fai Gi-ing. They were a waishengren family. His father was born in Rizhao, Shandong, and his elder brother graduated from the Republic of China Naval Academy and became president of National Defense University.
After graduating from Cheng Kung Senior High School, Fai received a bachelor's degree in statistics from National Chung Hsing University. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science in statistics from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Kentucky in 1991 under professor Paul L. Cornelius. Fai's doctoral dissertation was titled, "Comparison of exact and approximate tests of hypotheses concerning the first stage factor in unbalanced nested designs and the main plot factor in split-plot experiments with missing data".