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Metric	IPknot		RDfolder
MCC	0.635	>	0.521
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.590 ± 0.146	>	0.513 ± 0.211
Sensitivity	0.597	>	0.458
Positive Predictive Value	0.693	>	0.612
Total TP	142	>	109
Total TN	10556	<	10583
Total FP	68	<	71
Total FP CONTRA	13	<	16
Total FP INCONS	50	<	53
Total FP COMP	5	>	2
Total FN	96	<	129
P-value	2.08252958266e-08

Comparison of performance of IPknot and RDfolder. 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 IPknot and RDfolder).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for IPknot and RDfolder. 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 IPknot and RDfolder).

Total Scores
MCC	0.635
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.590 ± 0.146
Sensitivity	0.597
Positive Predictive Value	0.693
Nr of predictions	12

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2LC8_A	GP_knot1 links to Rfam database...	0.41	0.33	0.55	6	517	5	1	4	0	12
3J0L_a	-	0.16	0.18	0.18	2	400	10	3	6	1	9
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.57	0.52	12	1196	12	3	8	1	9
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.52	0.53	0.53	10	949	9	3	6	0	9
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.83	1.00	20	846	0	0	0	0	4
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.74	0.69	0.80	20	1508	5	0	5	0	9
3W3S_B	tRNA-Sec links to Rfam database...	0.94	0.91	0.97	30	1958	2	0	1	1	3
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.50	0.48	0.54	14	1411	13	3	9	1	15
4ATO_G	-	0.49	0.57	0.44	4	211	6	0	5	1	3
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.85	0.73	1.00	11	461	0	0	0	0	4
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.59	0.53	0.67	8	484	4	0	4	0	7
4JRC_A	-	0.45	0.29	0.71	5	615	2	0	2	0	12

Total Scores
MCC	0.521
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.513 ± 0.211
Sensitivity	0.458
Positive Predictive Value	0.612
Nr of predictions	12

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
2LC8_A	GP_knot1 links to Rfam database...	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0	514	14	3	11	0	18
3J0L_a	-	-0.02	0.00	0.00	0	407	4	3	1	0	11
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.82	0.76	0.89	16	1201	3	1	1	1	5
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.76	0.79	0.75	15	948	5	3	2	0	4
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.83	1.00	20	846	0	0	0	0	4
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.35	0.24	0.54	7	1520	6	1	5	0	22
3W3S_B	tRNA-Sec links to Rfam database...	0.29	0.27	0.33	9	1962	18	2	16	0	24
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.38	0.48	11	1414	13	3	9	1	18
4ATO_G	-	0.75	0.57	1.00	4	216	0	0	0	0	3
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.48	0.40	0.60	6	462	4	0	4	0	9
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.48	0.40	0.60	6	486	4	0	4	0	9
4JRC_A	-	0.94	0.88	1.00	15	607	0	0	0	0	2

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