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Metric	Carnac(20)		MaxExpect
MCC	0.605	>	0.598
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.574 ± 0.097	<	0.597 ± 0.085
Sensitivity	0.403	<	0.520
Positive Predictive Value	0.913	>	0.692
Total TP	369	<	476
Total TN	191214	>	190930
Total FP	56	<	278
Total FP CONTRA	7	<	29
Total FP INCONS	28	<	183
Total FP COMP	21	<	66
Total FN	547	>	440
P-value	1.15003019969e-05

Comparison of performance of Carnac(20) and MaxExpect. 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 MaxExpect).
Average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were plotted for different RNA families, for which at least 3 members were present in the benchmarking dataset. 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate the average and CI. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for Carnac(20) and MaxExpect).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for Carnac(20) and MaxExpect. 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 MaxExpect).

Total Scores
MCC	0.605
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.574 ± 0.097
Sensitivity	0.403
Positive Predictive Value	0.913
Nr of predictions	23

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2WRQ_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.57	0.59	0.56	10	2832	13	5	3	5	7
2XQD_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.79	0.63	1.00	17	2833	0	0	0	0	10
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.61	1.00	17	2909	0	0	0	0	11
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.69	0.59	0.80	16	2983	6	0	4	2	11
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.57	0.33	1.00	13	4358	0	0	0	0	27
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.61	1.00	19	2327	0	0	0	0	12
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.47	0.23	0.94	31	70843	2	0	2	0	101
3IZF_C	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.73	0.56	0.97	30	6872	1	0	1	0	24
3JYV_7	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.68	0.50	0.94	16	2833	1	0	1	0	16
3JYX_4	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.46	0.21	1.00	7	12239	2	0	0	2	26
3JYX_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.64	0.56	0.75	15	6308	10	1	4	5	12
3LA5_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.62	1.00	21	2464	0	0	0	0	13
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.44	0.20	1.00	9	7012	2	0	0	2	37
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.51	0.26	1.00	9	12394	0	0	0	0	26
3O58_2	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.83	0.71	0.96	27	7232	2	0	1	1	11
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.62	0.40	0.97	29	12850	3	0	1	2	43
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...	0.60	0.38	0.94	16	3899	1	0	1	0	26
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.67	0.52	0.88	28	7108	4	0	4	0	26
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.33	0.15	0.71	5	11774	3	0	2	1	28
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.49	0.33	0.74	14	4352	6	1	4	1	28
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1275	0	0	0	0	19
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1326	0	0	0	0	19

Total Scores
MCC	0.598
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.597 ± 0.085
Sensitivity	0.520
Positive Predictive Value	0.692
Nr of predictions	23

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2WRQ_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.53	0.53	0.53	9	2833	13	5	3	5	8
2XQD_Y	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.88	0.78	1.00	21	2829	0	0	0	0	6
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.39	0.46	11	2902	13	2	11	0	17
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.64	0.59	0.70	16	2980	9	0	7	2	11
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.77	0.63	0.96	25	4345	2	0	1	1	15
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.61	1.00	19	2327	0	0	0	0	12
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.46	0.64	61	70781	39	3	31	5	71
3IZF_C	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.71	0.61	0.83	33	6863	7	1	6	0	21
3JYV_7	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.41	0.31	0.56	10	2832	8	0	8	0	22
3JYX_4	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.31	0.30	0.31	10	12214	34	4	18	12	23
3JYX_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.64	0.63	0.65	17	6302	19	1	8	10	10
3LA5_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.62	1.00	21	2464	0	0	0	0	13
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.71	0.61	0.82	28	6987	9	0	6	3	18
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.35	0.34	0.35	12	12369	35	2	20	13	23
3O58_2	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.75	0.76	0.74	29	7221	11	3	7	1	9
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...	0.76	0.59	1.00	20	2191	0	0	0	0	14
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.58	0.48	0.71	20	3888	8	1	7	0	22
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.69	0.57	0.84	31	7103	6	0	6	0	23
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.14	0.15	0.14	5	11746	41	4	26	11	28
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.50	0.40	0.63	17	4344	11	2	8	1	25
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.76	0.58	1.00	11	1264	0	0	0	0	8
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.31	0.26	0.38	5	1313	8	1	7	0	14

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