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Metric	Carnac(20)		RNAwolf
MCC	0.662	>	0.453
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.527 ± 0.299	>	0.465 ± 0.219
Sensitivity	0.516	>	0.447
Positive Predictive Value	0.858	>	0.475
Total TP	97	>	84
Total TN	13127	>	13063
Total FP	22	<	111
Total FP CONTRA	2	<	18
Total FP INCONS	14	<	75
Total FP COMP	6	<	18
Total FN	91	<	104
P-value	0.0

Comparison of performance of Carnac(20) and RNAwolf. Positive Predictive Value (PPV) is plotted against sensitivity. Each dot represents a single test of each method. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for Carnac(20) and RNAwolf).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for Carnac(20) and RNAwolf. The whiskers correspond to 95% confidence intervals (CIs). 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate average MCCs and CIs. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for Carnac(20) and RNAwolf).

Total Scores
MCC	0.662
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.527 ± 0.299
Sensitivity	0.516
Positive Predictive Value	0.858
Nr of predictions	8

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.79	0.79	0.79	15	1138	7	0	4	3	4
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.83	1.00	20	846	0	0	0	0	4
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.72	0.55	0.94	16	1516	1	0	1	0	13
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.79	0.73	0.87	27	2732	5	0	4	1	10
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.25	0.71	5	4509	3	0	2	1	15
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.59	0.48	0.74	14	1418	6	2	3	1	15
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	472	0	0	0	0	15
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	496	0	0	0	0	15

Total Scores
MCC	0.453
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.465 ± 0.219
Sensitivity	0.447
Positive Predictive Value	0.475
Nr of predictions	8

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.77	0.79	0.75	15	1137	8	0	5	3	4
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.89	0.83	0.95	20	845	1	0	1	0	4
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.58	0.59	0.59	17	1504	12	2	10	0	12
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.32	0.30	0.35	11	2732	21	1	19	1	26
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.12	0.15	0.10	3	4487	38	12	14	12	17
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.26	0.24	0.30	7	1414	17	2	14	1	22
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.45	0.40	0.55	6	461	5	1	4	0	9
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.34	0.33	0.38	5	483	9	0	8	1	10

Matthews Correlation Coeffient, Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value have been calculated based on the paper by Gardener & Giegerich, 2004.