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Alex Reinhart is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also serves as the Assistant Director of the Ph.D. Program. He holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. His expertise includes spatio-temporal data analysis and anomaly detection, particularly motivated by applications in radiation detection and crime prediction. Reinhart has also engaged in pedagogical research focused on how students comprehend statistical concepts and innovative teaching methods aimed at enhancing student learning in statistics. He authored the book 'Statistics Wrong,' which addresses common statistical mistakes in scientific research and advocates for the use of simple, understandable, and interpretable statistical methods to tackle complex scientific questions.
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