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Metric	RNAalifold(seed)		ProbKnot
MCC	0.505	>	0.484
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.468 ± 0.142	<	0.507 ± 0.164
Sensitivity	0.304	<	0.450
Positive Predictive Value	0.844	>	0.523
Total TP	184	<	273
Total TN	190969	>	190665
Total FP	43	<	287
Total FP CONTRA	9	<	50
Total FP INCONS	25	<	199
Total FP COMP	9	<	38
Total FN	422	>	333
P-value	3.06286140723e-08

Comparison of performance of RNAalifold(seed) and ProbKnot. 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 RNAalifold(seed) and ProbKnot).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for RNAalifold(seed) and ProbKnot. 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 RNAalifold(seed) and ProbKnot).

Total Scores
MCC	0.505
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.468 ± 0.142
Sensitivity	0.304
Positive Predictive Value	0.844
Nr of predictions	13

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2KX8_A	7SK links to Rfam database...	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	861	0	0	0	0	18
2LC8_A	GP_knot1 links to Rfam database...	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0	1528	12	0	12	0	20
3IYQ_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.38	0.21	0.69	20	60697	13	5	4	4	74
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.21	0.85	28	70843	5	1	4	0	104
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.66	0.48	0.92	22	6997	3	1	1	1	24
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.51	0.26	1.00	9	12394	0	0	0	0	26
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.68	0.46	1.00	33	12847	1	0	0	1	39
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.63	0.47	0.84	16	2192	3	1	2	0	18
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.58	0.40	0.85	17	3896	3	1	2	0	25
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.39	0.15	1.00	5	11776	2	0	0	2	28
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.72	0.52	1.00	22	4349	1	0	0	1	20
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.56	0.32	1.00	6	1269	0	0	0	0	13
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.56	0.32	1.00	6	1320	0	0	0	0	13

Total Scores
MCC	0.484
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.507 ± 0.164
Sensitivity	0.450
Positive Predictive Value	0.523
Nr of predictions	13

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2KX8_A	7SK links to Rfam database...	0.94	0.89	1.00	16	845	0	0	0	0	2
2LC8_A	GP_knot1 links to Rfam database...	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0	1525	15	2	13	0	20
3IYQ_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.28	0.31	0.26	29	60616	85	22	59	4	65
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.52	0.46	0.60	61	70774	46	6	35	5	71
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.72	0.61	0.85	28	6988	8	1	4	3	18
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.31	0.34	0.29	12	12362	41	4	25	12	23
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.74	0.64	0.85	46	12826	10	1	7	2	26
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.73	0.59	0.91	20	2189	2	1	1	0	14
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.55	0.48	0.65	20	3885	11	2	9	0	22
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.13	0.15	0.12	5	11738	49	7	31	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...	0.73	0.58	0.92	11	1263	1	1	0	0	8
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.45	0.42	0.50	8	1310	8	1	7	0	11

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