科學研究越來越注重定量分析。隨著快速海洋儀器的開發以及遠距偵測實驗技術的進步，使用電腦處理/分析大量的數值資料，漸漸成為海洋科學研究必然的工作之一。本課程提供海研所學生基礎的數值分析方法，授課主題涵蓋基本的統計學、變數分析、誤差分析、經驗正交函數、回歸分析以及數值內差等等，將根據不同主題設計電腦計算習題。
Quantitative skills are becoming more and more important in the scientific researches. With the rapid development of marine instruments and remotely operated vehicles, the amount of data an oceanographic scientist must process and interpret is overwhelming; being able to analyze data on a computer becomes a necessity and often a job requirement. This course is a graduate level class on how to quantitatively analyze data in the oceanographic sciences. Topics to be covered include the probability and statistics, error propagation, empirical orthogonal functions, regression, analysis of sequences, and data interpolation. Homework will be assigned, covering both theoretical material and practical, computer-oriented assignments. The homeworks will be designed so that students will gain proficiency with using Matlab programming and numerical analysis.