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Metric	Multilign(20)		MCFold
MCC	0.549	>	0.459
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.543 ± 0.204	>	0.454 ± 0.202
Sensitivity	0.469	<	0.474
Positive Predictive Value	0.648	>	0.452
Total TP	107	<	108
Total TN	30487	>	30413
Total FP	64	<	149
Total FP CONTRA	6	<	18
Total FP INCONS	52	<	113
Total FP COMP	6	<	18
Total FN	121	>	120
P-value	0.0

Comparison of performance of Multilign(20) and MCFold. 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 Multilign(20) and MCFold).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for Multilign(20) and MCFold. 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 Multilign(20) and MCFold).

Total Scores
MCC	0.549
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.543 ± 0.204
Sensitivity	0.469
Positive Predictive Value	0.648
Nr of predictions	7

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.63	0.56	0.71	15	2982	8	0	6	2	12
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.77	0.62	0.95	21	2189	1	0	1	0	13
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.57	0.48	0.69	20	3887	9	1	8	0	22
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.15	0.15	0.15	5	11747	33	3	26	4	28
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.70	0.59	0.84	32	7102	6	0	6	0	22
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.34	0.26	0.45	5	1264	6	1	5	0	14
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.65	0.47	0.90	9	1316	1	1	0	0	10

Total Scores
MCC	0.459
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.454 ± 0.202
Sensitivity	0.474
Positive Predictive Value	0.452
Nr of predictions	7

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3AMU_B	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.44	0.48	0.42	13	2972	18	2	16	0	14
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.70	0.65	0.76	22	2182	7	1	6	0	12
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.33	0.33	0.35	14	3876	26	0	26	0	28
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.13	0.15	0.11	5	11735	56	10	31	15	28
4A1C_3	5S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.68	0.67	0.71	36	7089	17	1	14	2	18
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.61	0.63	0.60	12	1255	8	2	6	0	7
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.28	0.32	0.27	6	1304	17	2	14	1	13

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