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Table of contents:

  1. Overview

  2. Performance Plots

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

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

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


Overview

Metric MXScarna(20) Contrafold
MCC 0.598 > 0.477
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.603 ± 0.029 > 0.480 ± 0.027
Sensitivity 0.548 > 0.461
Positive Predictive Value 0.653 > 0.494
Total TP 20251 > 17036
Total TN 104339447 > 104335974
Total FP 14477 < 20448
Total FP CONTRA 1798 < 2637
Total FP INCONS 8970 < 14819
Total FP COMP 3709 > 2992
Total FN 16713 < 19928
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


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

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

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

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

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 20251
Total TN 104339447
Total FP 14477
Total FP CONTRA 1798
Total FP INCONS 8970
Total FP COMP 3709
Total FN 16713
Total Scores
MCC 0.598
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.603 ± 0.029
Sensitivity 0.548
Positive Predictive Value 0.653
Nr of predictions 77

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

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
CRW_00024 0.84 0.81 0.87 369 1085176 107 10 46 51 89
CRW_00034 0.68 0.60 0.77 283 1141947 122 12 74 36 191
CRW_00048 0.72 0.67 0.78 317 1170807 127 11 80 36 153
CRW_00054 0.68 0.63 0.74 288 1107425 137 16 87 34 168
CRW_00059 0.72 0.66 0.78 312 1172344 127 16 74 37 161
CRW_00061 0.73 0.66 0.81 316 1181563 109 13 61 35 160
CRW_00068 0.69 0.64 0.74 293 1108909 137 18 85 34 164
CRW_00096 0.75 0.68 0.81 318 1178489 108 6 67 35 147
CRW_00140 0.76 0.71 0.81 328 1135874 114 12 64 38 135
CRW_00141 0.69 0.64 0.75 305 1201619 132 14 87 31 171
CRW_00150 0.72 0.65 0.80 303 1152540 113 14 64 35 163
CRW_00152 0.76 0.70 0.82 332 1180009 110 11 64 35 139
CRW_00166 0.65 0.60 0.71 281 1190800 160 10 105 45 187
CRW_00173 0.57 0.52 0.63 232 1082285 168 19 120 29 213
CRW_00177 0.62 0.56 0.68 264 1178492 152 16 108 28 209
CRW_00196 0.73 0.67 0.80 319 1207837 117 10 69 38 156
CRW_00230 0.73 0.67 0.80 319 1198526 122 12 69 41 159
CRW_00245 0.73 0.67 0.81 302 1105955 106 13 58 35 151
CRW_00248 0.71 0.65 0.77 317 1218729 129 13 82 34 167
CRW_00250 0.73 0.67 0.79 321 1198521 119 12 72 35 157
CRW_00256 0.70 0.64 0.77 299 1192353 124 11 77 36 169
CRW_00270 0.72 0.67 0.77 306 1111891 121 14 75 32 149
CRW_00271 0.70 0.65 0.77 298 1122364 122 17 72 33 164
CRW_00273 0.68 0.62 0.74 277 1085225 135 13 86 36 169
CRW_00275 0.71 0.63 0.80 289 1114908 114 13 61 40 168
CRW_00277 0.68 0.63 0.73 286 1110405 132 17 87 28 167
CRW_00278 0.71 0.62 0.80 280 1129906 107 12 58 37 170
CRW_00279 0.70 0.64 0.77 299 1180027 133 10 80 43 165
CRW_00280 0.72 0.66 0.78 301 1117875 125 10 74 41 152
CRW_00281 0.71 0.65 0.78 303 1144954 117 13 71 33 161
CRW_00284 0.69 0.62 0.77 281 1131397 117 9 73 35 175
CRW_00285 0.70 0.64 0.77 292 1117883 123 15 70 38 166
CRW_00289 0.62 0.58 0.66 274 1189239 172 18 122 32 202
CRW_00298 0.48 0.46 0.51 226 1620454 284 45 175 64 268
CRW_00301 0.42 0.39 0.45 204 1762046 308 49 204 55 315
CRW_00306 0.43 0.40 0.46 183 1445453 276 47 167 62 279
CRW_00310 0.45 0.41 0.49 212 1805516 285 39 183 63 309
CRW_00326 0.49 0.45 0.53 227 1627679 267 35 169 63 275
CRW_00330 0.41 0.37 0.45 190 1988597 294 32 196 66 327
CRW_00332 0.37 0.34 0.40 163 1769615 307 47 196 64 314
CRW_00333 0.31 0.26 0.35 136 1892099 328 47 203 78 378
CRW_00345 0.46 0.44 0.49 219 1586422 293 53 177 63 279
CRW_00346 0.49 0.46 0.52 229 1584649 269 43 169 57 272
CRW_00348 0.49 0.47 0.52 235 1615052 277 51 165 61 268
CRW_00358 0.48 0.44 0.53 224 1674941 262 38 162 62 283
CRW_00366 0.42 0.40 0.43 195 1579299 332 47 212 73 287
CRW_00370 0.50 0.48 0.52 242 1640302 281 47 175 59 264
CRW_00371 0.49 0.46 0.53 229 1611474 266 39 168 59 267
CRW_00372 0.51 0.47 0.54 236 1625872 273 37 161 75 262
CRW_00379 0.37 0.33 0.42 175 2126532 323 40 206 77 359
CRW_00386 0.47 0.43 0.50 223 1750812 281 44 177 60 292
CRW_00403 0.45 0.41 0.48 192 1606131 304 37 168 99 272
CRW_00411 0.49 0.46 0.52 227 1615066 271 42 168 61 269
CRW_00414 0.39 0.37 0.41 181 1665782 316 50 212 54 314
CRW_00466 0.63 0.58 0.69 266 1116382 147 16 101 30 192
CRW_00589 0.69 0.62 0.76 277 1094097 130 6 80 44 168
CRW_00590 0.72 0.67 0.78 303 1119366 134 11 76 47 149
CRW_00591 0.74 0.68 0.81 303 1098531 115 7 62 46 143
CRW_00598 0.49 0.46 0.52 226 1665793 276 41 165 70 265
CRW_00758 0.46 0.43 0.48 207 1640338 292 44 177 71 276
CRW_00759 0.42 0.40 0.44 191 1636712 314 43 199 72 290
CRW_00760 0.46 0.43 0.49 208 1638533 291 37 177 77 278
CRW_00772 0.60 0.54 0.67 217 945677 148 10 96 42 187
CRW_00789 0.67 0.60 0.75 268 1137427 134 8 83 43 179
CRW_00795 0.63 0.57 0.71 224 1152605 176 10 82 84 170
CRW_00849 0.61 0.55 0.68 260 1117878 154 17 105 32 210
CRW_00997 0.74 0.69 0.79 322 1135872 121 12 72 37 142
CRW_01153 0.44 0.42 0.46 211 1606072 295 46 199 50 292
CRW_01171 0.48 0.45 0.51 229 1593556 274 47 173 54 277
CRW_01300 0.47 0.45 0.50 230 1693258 286 45 187 54 285
PDB_00703 0.69 0.60 0.79 295 1073472 114 10 68 36 200
PDB_00854 0.62 0.51 0.75 274 1500415 142 2 87 53 261
PDB_01088 0.66 0.56 0.78 308 1471077 135 7 78 50 239
PDB_01103 0.61 0.52 0.71 293 1606118 156 16 101 39 269
PDB_01105 0.64 0.54 0.75 291 1433583 134 3 94 37 249
PDB_01120 0.66 0.57 0.76 302 1204732 134 11 83 40 225
PDB_01273 0.69 0.60 0.79 294 1117886 120 10 70 40 197

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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.