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Metric	CentroidAlifold(20)		Cylofold
MCC	0.703	>	0.608
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.682 ± 0.079	>	0.640 ± 0.145
Sensitivity	0.536	>	0.523
Positive Predictive Value	0.926	>	0.712
Total TP	263	>	257
Total TN	68815	>	68738
Total FP	36	<	128
Total FP CONTRA	2	<	19
Total FP INCONS	19	<	85
Total FP COMP	15	<	24
Total FN	228	<	234
P-value	2.69132796717e-08

Comparison of performance of CentroidAlifold(20) and Cylofold. 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 CentroidAlifold(20) and Cylofold).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for CentroidAlifold(20) and Cylofold. 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 CentroidAlifold(20) and Cylofold).

Total Scores
MCC	0.703
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.682 ± 0.079
Sensitivity	0.536
Positive Predictive Value	0.926
Nr of predictions	14

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2L94_A	HIV_FE links to Rfam database...	0.61	0.55	0.69	11	974	5	0	5	0	9
2XKV_B	Bacteria_small_SRP links to Rfam database...	0.46	0.25	0.83	5	4554	6	0	1	5	15
2XQD_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.88	0.78	1.00	21	2829	0	0	0	0	6
2XXA_G	Bacteria_small_SRP links to Rfam database...	0.44	0.19	1.00	8	5143	3	0	0	3	34
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.86	0.74	1.00	20	2983	1	0	0	1	7
3IZF_C	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.75	0.61	0.92	33	6867	4	0	3	1	21
3O58_2	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.76	0.81	29	7224	9	2	5	2	9
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.31	0.92	11	12391	1	0	1	0	24
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.76	0.63	0.94	45	12832	5	0	3	2	27
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.72	0.53	1.00	18	2193	0	0	0	0	16
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.71	0.52	0.96	22	3893	1	0	1	0	20
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.75	0.57	1.00	24	4347	1	0	0	1	18
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.69	0.47	1.00	9	1266	0	0	0	0	10
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.60	0.37	1.00	7	1319	0	0	0	0	12

Total Scores
MCC	0.608
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.640 ± 0.145
Sensitivity	0.523
Positive Predictive Value	0.712
Nr of predictions	14

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2L94_A	HIV_FE links to Rfam database...	0.97	0.95	1.00	19	971	0	0	0	0	1
2XKV_B	Bacteria_small_SRP links to Rfam database...	0.38	0.40	0.36	8	4538	23	7	7	9	12
2XQD_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.81	0.78	0.84	21	2825	4	4	0	0	6
2XXA_G	Bacteria_small_SRP links to Rfam database...	0.10	0.10	0.11	4	5115	32	1	31	0	38
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.67	0.59	0.76	16	2982	7	0	5	2	11
3IZF_C	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.68	0.56	0.83	30	6867	6	0	6	0	24
3O58_2	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.80	0.68	0.93	26	7232	3	0	2	1	12
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.36	0.34	0.38	12	12371	29	5	15	9	23
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.72	0.54	0.95	39	12839	4	0	2	2	33
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.76	0.59	1.00	20	2191	0	0	0	0	14
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.62	0.50	0.78	21	3889	6	0	6	0	21
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.35	0.26	0.48	11	4348	13	1	11	1	31
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.89	0.79	1.00	15	1260	0	0	0	0	4
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.86	0.79	0.94	15	1310	1	1	0	0	4

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