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Table of contents:

  1. Overview

  2. Performance Plots

  3. Performance of Carnac(20) - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

  4. Performance of Contrafold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

  5. Compile and download dataset for Carnac(20) & Contrafold [.zip] - may take several seconds...


Overview

Metric Carnac(20) Contrafold
MCC 0.558 > 0.477
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.553 ± 0.023 > 0.480 ± 0.027
Sensitivity 0.348 < 0.461
Positive Predictive Value 0.895 > 0.494
Total TP 12872 < 17036
Total TN 104356083 > 104335974
Total FP 2613 < 20448
Total FP CONTRA 170 < 2637
Total FP INCONS 1341 < 14819
Total FP COMP 1102 < 2992
Total FN 24092 > 19928
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


  1. Comparison of performance of Carnac(20) and Contrafold. 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 Contrafold).

  2. 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 Contrafold).

  3. Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for Carnac(20) and Contrafold. 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 Contrafold).

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Performance of Carnac(20) - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Carnac(20)

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 12872
Total TN 104356083
Total FP 2613
Total FP CONTRA 170
Total FP INCONS 1341
Total FP COMP 1102
Total FN 24092
Total Scores
MCC 0.558
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.553 ± 0.023
Sensitivity 0.348
Positive Predictive Value 0.895
Nr of predictions 77

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2. Individual counts for Carnac(20) [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.74 0.59 0.94 270 1085313 35 5 13 17 188
CRW_00034 0.56 0.35 0.90 166 1142131 28 4 15 9 308
CRW_00048 0.62 0.43 0.91 202 1170992 29 3 18 8 268
CRW_00054 0.62 0.42 0.91 191 1107607 23 4 14 5 265
CRW_00059 0.64 0.43 0.95 204 1172532 17 3 7 7 269
CRW_00061 0.63 0.42 0.94 199 1181742 19 2 10 7 277
CRW_00068 0.69 0.51 0.94 234 1109056 28 2 13 13 223
CRW_00096 0.62 0.43 0.92 198 1178664 29 0 18 11 267
CRW_00140 0.71 0.53 0.95 246 1136018 21 2 12 7 217
CRW_00141 0.64 0.43 0.93 207 1201802 26 4 12 10 269
CRW_00150 0.66 0.46 0.95 216 1152694 16 3 8 5 250
CRW_00152 0.69 0.52 0.92 244 1180151 26 4 17 5 227
CRW_00166 0.64 0.44 0.93 207 1190974 24 0 15 9 261
CRW_00173 0.56 0.36 0.89 158 1082478 26 2 18 6 287
CRW_00177 0.52 0.32 0.87 149 1178708 29 3 20 6 324
CRW_00196 0.64 0.43 0.96 204 1208022 12 2 7 3 271
CRW_00230 0.66 0.47 0.93 227 1198681 28 3 15 10 251
CRW_00245 0.65 0.45 0.93 205 1106108 20 3 12 5 248
CRW_00248 0.56 0.35 0.91 168 1218956 27 4 13 10 316
CRW_00250 0.68 0.50 0.91 241 1198660 33 4 21 8 237
CRW_00256 0.64 0.43 0.97 200 1192533 11 3 4 4 268
CRW_00270 0.66 0.47 0.93 212 1112057 22 4 13 5 243
CRW_00271 0.62 0.41 0.94 191 1122548 17 3 9 5 271
CRW_00273 0.57 0.35 0.92 156 1085431 16 4 10 2 290
CRW_00275 0.60 0.37 0.95 171 1115091 13 2 7 4 286
CRW_00277 0.64 0.44 0.93 201 1110578 20 3 13 4 252
CRW_00278 0.52 0.29 0.92 130 1130115 15 4 7 4 320
CRW_00279 0.68 0.51 0.92 237 1180158 31 3 18 10 227
CRW_00280 0.66 0.46 0.96 209 1118042 12 1 8 3 244
CRW_00281 0.65 0.45 0.95 209 1145120 17 2 10 5 255
CRW_00284 0.53 0.33 0.87 150 1131587 27 3 20 4 306
CRW_00285 0.62 0.41 0.93 188 1118058 18 2 12 4 270
CRW_00289 0.58 0.41 0.84 194 1189422 41 5 32 4 282
CRW_00298 0.41 0.19 0.86 95 1620790 37 0 15 22 399
CRW_00301 0.46 0.25 0.83 131 1762345 56 0 27 29 388
CRW_00306 0.55 0.32 0.95 146 1445697 38 0 7 31 316
CRW_00310 0.42 0.22 0.81 116 1805806 46 5 23 18 405
CRW_00326 0.45 0.23 0.92 113 1627987 32 1 9 22 389
CRW_00330 0.34 0.17 0.67 89 1988883 69 3 40 26 428
CRW_00332 0.39 0.20 0.76 97 1769893 46 1 30 15 380
CRW_00333 0.35 0.17 0.70 88 1892359 50 4 34 12 426
CRW_00345 0.48 0.29 0.81 145 1586691 63 2 33 28 353
CRW_00346 0.47 0.28 0.79 138 1584915 66 1 36 29 363
CRW_00348 0.40 0.23 0.72 114 1615344 78 4 41 33 389
CRW_00358 0.49 0.25 0.96 129 1675231 29 0 5 24 378
CRW_00366 0.47 0.25 0.87 122 1579613 37 1 17 19 360
CRW_00370 0.47 0.27 0.84 135 1640605 54 1 25 28 371
CRW_00371 0.48 0.29 0.81 143 1611733 59 1 33 25 353
CRW_00372 0.44 0.23 0.84 117 1626166 46 2 21 23 381
CRW_00379 0.49 0.26 0.93 140 2126802 50 1 10 39 394
CRW_00386 0.30 0.13 0.71 67 1751161 53 2 26 25 448
CRW_00403 0.48 0.27 0.83 127 1606375 60 0 26 34 337
CRW_00411 0.39 0.19 0.81 94 1615387 42 0 22 20 402
CRW_00414 0.38 0.19 0.74 96 1666095 60 1 33 26 399
CRW_00466 0.62 0.42 0.91 192 1116554 28 4 15 9 266
CRW_00589 0.58 0.35 0.97 156 1094299 10 0 5 5 289
CRW_00590 0.55 0.33 0.93 148 1119597 15 1 10 4 304
CRW_00591 0.66 0.46 0.93 206 1098682 26 1 14 11 240
CRW_00598 0.42 0.20 0.85 100 1666107 41 0 18 23 391
CRW_00758 0.46 0.26 0.79 127 1640605 57 4 30 23 356
CRW_00759 0.39 0.19 0.79 93 1637028 51 3 21 27 388
CRW_00760 0.45 0.24 0.84 117 1638815 55 0 23 32 369
CRW_00772 0.48 0.30 0.77 122 945842 42 3 33 6 282
CRW_00789 0.61 0.43 0.88 191 1137570 34 1 24 9 256
CRW_00795 0.59 0.38 0.90 150 1152755 40 0 16 24 244
CRW_00849 0.62 0.42 0.92 196 1118046 27 3 15 9 274
CRW_00997 0.60 0.39 0.93 181 1136084 19 3 10 6 283
CRW_01153 0.44 0.25 0.76 126 1606363 56 1 38 17 377
CRW_01171 0.47 0.25 0.90 125 1593866 44 0 14 30 381
CRW_01300 0.47 0.25 0.88 128 1693575 38 0 17 21 387
PDB_00703 0.60 0.40 0.92 196 1073633 28 3 13 12 299
PDB_00854 0.62 0.41 0.95 218 1500548 29 3 9 17 317
PDB_01088 0.59 0.38 0.92 206 1471246 35 2 16 17 341
PDB_01103 0.62 0.40 0.96 226 1606292 20 3 7 10 336
PDB_01105 0.58 0.36 0.94 192 1433767 24 1 11 12 348
PDB_01120 0.62 0.41 0.93 216 1204895 30 4 13 13 311
PDB_01273 0.66 0.48 0.92 234 1118007 37 4 15 18 257

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Performance of Contrafold - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Contrafold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 17036
Total TN 104335974
Total FP 20448
Total FP CONTRA 2637
Total FP INCONS 14819
Total FP COMP 2992
Total FN 19928
Total Scores
MCC 0.477
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.480 ± 0.027
Sensitivity 0.461
Positive Predictive Value 0.494
Nr of predictions 77

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2. Individual counts for Contrafold [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.77 0.77 0.78 351 1085153 140 12 85 43 107
CRW_00034 0.68 0.68 0.68 320 1141844 188 22 130 36 154
CRW_00048 0.60 0.57 0.64 268 1170795 174 25 127 22 202
CRW_00054 0.54 0.52 0.56 237 1107395 202 25 159 18 219
CRW_00059 0.64 0.60 0.67 286 1172318 164 20 122 22 187
CRW_00061 0.59 0.58 0.61 274 1181504 188 29 146 13 202
CRW_00068 0.51 0.51 0.53 231 1108865 226 32 177 17 226
CRW_00096 0.55 0.53 0.57 245 1178450 213 19 166 28 220
CRW_00140 0.56 0.52 0.61 243 1135878 175 14 143 18 220
CRW_00141 0.62 0.60 0.64 287 1201577 192 19 142 31 189
CRW_00150 0.55 0.51 0.59 237 1152519 185 22 143 20 229
CRW_00152 0.53 0.49 0.57 233 1180006 196 22 155 19 238
CRW_00166 0.62 0.59 0.64 277 1190763 182 19 137 26 191
CRW_00173 0.34 0.34 0.35 150 1082228 288 32 246 10 295
CRW_00177 0.50 0.48 0.52 228 1178444 227 20 188 19 245
CRW_00196 0.57 0.55 0.59 259 1207798 197 27 151 19 216
CRW_00230 0.54 0.52 0.56 250 1198476 220 27 173 20 228
CRW_00245 0.53 0.51 0.55 229 1105912 212 23 164 25 224
CRW_00248 0.64 0.62 0.66 301 1218683 200 21 136 43 183
CRW_00250 0.58 0.56 0.61 267 1198490 184 24 145 15 211
CRW_00256 0.47 0.44 0.50 206 1192327 232 26 181 25 262
CRW_00270 0.66 0.63 0.69 286 1111874 157 20 106 31 169
CRW_00271 0.51 0.48 0.53 221 1122337 215 30 163 22 241
CRW_00273 0.47 0.46 0.49 203 1085190 233 20 188 25 243
CRW_00275 0.61 0.59 0.63 271 1114843 186 19 138 29 186
CRW_00277 0.44 0.40 0.49 182 1110423 203 23 167 13 271
CRW_00278 0.44 0.42 0.47 190 1129849 240 28 189 23 260
CRW_00279 0.60 0.56 0.64 262 1180004 173 25 125 23 202
CRW_00280 0.55 0.51 0.60 232 1117873 173 15 140 18 221
CRW_00281 0.64 0.62 0.65 288 1144901 182 17 135 30 176
CRW_00284 0.51 0.47 0.56 216 1131371 196 24 149 23 240
CRW_00285 0.66 0.63 0.68 289 1117836 159 19 116 24 169
CRW_00289 0.60 0.57 0.63 270 1189221 197 21 141 35 206
CRW_00298 0.25 0.25 0.25 122 1620403 431 72 303 56 372
CRW_00301 0.43 0.40 0.45 210 1762038 324 41 214 69 309
CRW_00306 0.28 0.28 0.29 129 1445402 388 63 256 69 333
CRW_00310 0.36 0.35 0.37 184 1805456 377 53 257 67 337
CRW_00326 0.50 0.49 0.51 246 1627630 284 52 182 50 256
CRW_00330 0.33 0.32 0.33 166 1988512 422 56 281 85 351
CRW_00332 0.26 0.26 0.26 122 1769544 429 70 285 74 355
CRW_00333 0.38 0.36 0.41 183 1892040 342 42 220 80 331
CRW_00345 0.39 0.40 0.39 197 1586366 355 58 250 47 301
CRW_00346 0.40 0.40 0.39 202 1584577 358 54 257 47 299
CRW_00348 0.35 0.34 0.36 170 1615029 355 51 253 51 333
CRW_00358 0.39 0.40 0.38 202 1674827 390 57 279 54 305
CRW_00366 0.33 0.33 0.33 157 1579284 361 57 255 49 325
CRW_00370 0.37 0.37 0.37 189 1640256 363 64 257 42 317
CRW_00371 0.44 0.41 0.46 205 1611467 295 42 196 57 291
CRW_00372 0.41 0.40 0.42 198 1625830 342 48 230 64 300
CRW_00379 0.43 0.42 0.44 223 2126443 372 38 249 85 311
CRW_00386 0.28 0.30 0.27 152 1750697 447 70 337 40 363
CRW_00403 0.28 0.28 0.28 131 1606062 404 68 267 69 333
CRW_00411 0.39 0.36 0.42 181 1615070 306 41 211 54 315
CRW_00414 0.36 0.37 0.36 181 1665721 382 54 269 59 314
CRW_00466 0.70 0.68 0.73 312 1116336 148 19 98 31 146
CRW_00589 0.33 0.30 0.36 134 1094090 257 24 212 21 311
CRW_00590 0.36 0.35 0.38 157 1119345 281 41 213 27 295
CRW_00591 0.62 0.60 0.65 268 1098489 182 28 118 36 178
CRW_00598 0.39 0.39 0.40 193 1665739 354 59 234 61 298
CRW_00758 0.35 0.35 0.35 170 1640283 375 51 262 62 313
CRW_00759 0.31 0.30 0.32 145 1636697 372 51 252 69 336
CRW_00760 0.37 0.36 0.37 176 1638485 358 65 229 64 310
CRW_00772 0.40 0.37 0.44 148 945666 215 18 168 29 256
CRW_00789 0.48 0.44 0.53 196 1137416 209 14 160 35 251
CRW_00795 0.35 0.33 0.38 131 1152575 263 22 193 48 263
CRW_00849 0.57 0.56 0.57 265 1117797 226 19 179 28 205
CRW_00997 0.62 0.60 0.64 280 1135838 187 19 141 27 184
CRW_01153 0.39 0.39 0.40 194 1606043 347 52 239 56 309
CRW_01171 0.45 0.44 0.47 221 1593534 302 49 201 52 285
CRW_01300 0.38 0.37 0.38 193 1693217 355 53 257 45 322
PDB_00703 0.53 0.50 0.56 246 1073403 229 19 177 33 249
PDB_00854 0.50 0.49 0.52 264 1500266 296 25 223 48 271
PDB_01088 0.46 0.43 0.49 236 1470988 271 34 212 25 311
PDB_01103 0.55 0.54 0.56 301 1605989 279 31 207 41 261
PDB_01105 0.58 0.56 0.60 303 1433467 242 16 185 41 237
PDB_01120 0.49 0.44 0.55 232 1204703 216 20 173 23 295
PDB_01273 0.49 0.47 0.51 232 1117807 258 16 205 37 259

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