[R-meta] Impact of very high tau-square value.
Hi all, I did a random effect meta-analysis using the metafor package and I obtained a tau-squared ( heterogeneity)? value greater than 1. I was worried because I am nit sure what to make of it; so I did the same analysis under the Bayesian framework. I also obtained a tau-squared value of about 32.8.?? I find it confusing, for one it is quite high and secondly I hadn't come across any discussion on how high the tau-squared value could get. My questions are: How high can the tau-squared value? be? Secondly, under this situation can I go ahead and interpret my result but with a warning on the amount of heterogeneity present in the study?? Or does the high value of the tau-square make non-sense of my analysis? Thanks in advance for your response.? Jide Ogbu