This post is an introduction to a series of posts about meta-analysis [1]. We think that many, perhaps most, meta-analyses in the behavioral sciences are invalid. In this introductory post, we make that case with arguments. In subsequent posts, we will make that case by presenting examples taken from published meta-analyses. We have recently written... The post [104] Meaningless Means: Some Fundamental Problems With Meta-Analytic Averages appeared first on Data Colada.