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Metric	RNAalifold(20)		MCFold
MCC	0.743	>	0.453
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.720 ± 0.121	>	0.447 ± 0.112
Sensitivity	0.695	>	0.507
Positive Predictive Value	0.800	>	0.417
Total TP	292	>	213
Total TN	38913	>	38767
Total FP	94	<	364
Total FP CONTRA	27	<	95
Total FP INCONS	46	<	203
Total FP COMP	21	<	66
Total FN	128	<	207
P-value	3.27388928538e-08

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

Total Scores
MCC	0.743
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.720 ± 0.121
Sensitivity	0.695
Positive Predictive Value	0.800
Nr of predictions	18

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.98	0.95	1.00	21	1087	0	0	0	0	1
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.92	0.86	1.00	24	1425	1	0	0	1	4
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.86	0.78	0.95	18	884	1	1	0	0	5
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.95	0.95	0.95	20	1198	1	1	0	0	1
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.87	0.89	0.85	17	948	3	3	0	0	2
3J3E_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.34	0.33	0.36	5	2728	9	3	6	0	10
3J3F_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.58	0.50	11	4739	20	4	7	9	8
3JYV_7	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.97	0.95	1.00	19	1092	2	0	0	2	1
3LA5_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.87	0.76	1.00	19	935	0	0	0	0	6
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.36	0.50	8	4748	9	3	5	1	14
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.92	0.88	0.96	44	4794	3	1	1	1	6
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.81	0.71	0.94	17	848	1	0	1	0	7
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.84	0.86	0.83	25	1503	5	4	1	0	4
3ZEX_C	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.46	0.41	0.52	12	5351	16	2	9	5	17
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.22	0.25	0.19	5	4490	23	5	16	2	15
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.51	0.27	1.00	4	468	0	0	0	0	11
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.63	0.40	1.00	6	490	0	0	0	0	9
4FRG_B	AdoCbl-variant links to Rfam database...	0.84	0.71	1.00	17	1185	0	0	0	0	7

Total Scores
MCC	0.453
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.447 ± 0.112
Sensitivity	0.507
Positive Predictive Value	0.417
Nr of predictions	18

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.49	0.55	0.46	12	1082	14	3	11	0	10
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.58	0.61	0.57	17	1419	15	1	12	2	11
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.45	0.48	0.46	11	879	14	5	8	1	12
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.66	0.71	0.63	15	1195	11	3	6	2	6
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.63	0.48	12	943	13	4	9	0	7
3J3E_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.15	0.20	0.12	3	2716	36	11	12	13	12
3J3F_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.14	0.21	0.10	4	4720	51	17	20	14	15
3JYV_7	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.25	0.30	0.24	6	1086	20	8	11	1	14
3LA5_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.44	0.44	0.48	11	931	12	2	10	0	14
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.28	0.36	0.22	8	4727	39	14	15	10	14
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.80	0.77	40	4788	14	5	7	2	10
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.89	0.88	0.91	21	843	3	0	2	1	3
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.43	0.45	0.43	13	1503	17	1	16	0	16
3ZEX_C	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.30	0.34	0.27	10	5337	28	6	21	1	19
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.18	0.25	0.14	5	4480	45	12	19	14	15
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.78	0.73	0.85	11	459	4	0	2	2	4
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.34	0.33	0.38	5	483	11	0	8	3	10
4FRG_B	AdoCbl-variant links to Rfam database...	0.35	0.38	0.35	9	1176	17	3	14	0	15

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