We also need some measure of — we've been talking here about measures of central tendency only and in finance we need, as well, measures of dispersion, which is how much something varies.

我们也需要其他的指标，目前为止，我们只讨论了集中趋势指标，在金融学中，我们同样需要，离散趋势指标以衡量参数的变化程度。

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We also need some measure of--We've been talking here about measures of central tendency only and in finance we need, as well, measures of dispersion, which is how much something varies.

我们也需要一些测量--我们一直在这里谈论我们金融学中所需的集中趋势的测量，同样，也有分散的测量。

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Wide dispersion is indicative of a large spread of values, whereas small dispersion indicates data grouped around a central tendency.

广泛的分散度，就指示了大量可以扩展的值，尽管如此，小的分散度意味着数据沿着中央分散的趋势。

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We also need some measure of-- We've been talking here about measures of central tendency only and in finance we need, as well, measures of dispersion, which is how much something varies.

我们也需要其他的指标,目前为止,我们只讨论了集中趋势指标,在金融学中,我们同样需要,离散趋势指标以衡量参数的变化程度

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But the dispersion of power also means there is now a tendency towards stagnation, because there are huge vested interests against change, even of a moderate and sensible kind.

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