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Metric	RSpredict(20)		RNAfold
MCC	0.585	>	0.572
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.564 ± 0.144	>	0.554 ± 0.131
Sensitivity	0.534	<	0.601
Positive Predictive Value	0.649	>	0.552
Total TP	310	<	349
Total TN	68051	>	67897
Total FP	210	<	373
Total FP CONTRA	73	<	93
Total FP INCONS	95	<	190
Total FP COMP	42	<	90
Total FN	271	>	232
P-value	0.00147506668047

Comparison of performance of RSpredict(20) and RNAfold. 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 RSpredict(20) and RNAfold).
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 RSpredict(20) and RNAfold).
Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for RSpredict(20) and RNAfold. 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 RSpredict(20) and RNAfold).

Total Scores
MCC	0.585
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.564 ± 0.144
Sensitivity	0.534
Positive Predictive Value	0.649
Nr of predictions	21

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.88	0.86	0.90	19	1087	2	0	2	0	3
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.40	0.21	0.75	6	1441	2	1	1	0	22
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.87	0.95	20	882	1	1	0	0	3
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.61	0.57	0.67	54	25455	38	13	14	11	41
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.90	0.90	0.90	19	1198	3	1	1	1	2
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.82	0.84	0.80	16	948	4	3	1	0	3
3J3E_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0	2724	19	5	13	1	15
3J3F_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.42	0.47	0.38	9	4737	26	9	6	11	10
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...	0.89	0.80	1.00	20	934	0	0	0	0	5
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0	2272	6	1	5	0	37
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.38	0.50	0.30	11	4727	29	15	11	3	11
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.80	0.70	0.92	35	4802	5	1	2	2	15
3RKF_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.88	0.95	21	844	1	1	0	0	3
3SD1_A	THF links to Rfam database...	0.82	0.86	0.78	25	1501	7	5	2	0	4
3ZEX_C	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.34	0.31	0.38	9	5350	19	3	12	4	20
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.25	0.30	0.21	6	4487	30	12	11	7	14
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.33	0.21	0.55	6	1426	5	1	4	0	23
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.54	0.40	0.75	6	464	2	0	2	0	9
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.51	0.40	0.67	6	487	3	0	3	0	9
4FRG_B	AdoCbl-variant links to Rfam database...	0.19	0.13	0.33	3	1193	6	1	5	0	21

Total Scores
MCC	0.572
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals	0.554 ± 0.131
Sensitivity	0.601
Positive Predictive Value	0.552
Nr of predictions	21

RNA Chain	Rfam family	MCC	SENS	PPV	TP	TN	FP	FP CONTRA	FP INCONS	FP COMP	FN
3A2K_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.47	0.50	0.46	11	1084	13	3	10	0	11
3GX2_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.81	0.79	0.85	22	1423	5	2	2	1	6
3IVN_B	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.83	1.00	19	884	0	0	0	0	4
3IZ4_A	tmRNA links to Rfam database...	0.56	0.60	0.52	57	25426	57	26	27	4	38
3J20_0	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.51	0.57	0.48	12	1194	14	3	10	1	9
3J3D_C	tRNA links to Rfam database...	0.33	0.37	0.32	7	946	15	3	12	0	12
3J3E_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.25	0.33	0.20	5	2717	31	7	13	11	10
3J3F_8	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.33	0.42	0.27	8	4731	42	10	12	20	11
3JYV_7	tRNA links to Rfam database...	-0.02	0.00	0.00	0	1089	22	4	18	0	20
3LA5_A	Purine links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.84	1.00	21	933	0	0	0	0	4
3NPB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.91	0.86	0.97	32	2245	5	1	0	4	5
3O58_3	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.41	0.50	0.34	11	4732	35	6	15	14	11
3PDR_A	ykoK links to Rfam database...	0.90	0.90	0.90	45	4790	7	2	3	2	5
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...	0.77	0.76	0.79	22	1505	6	4	2	0	7
3ZEX_C	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.30	0.34	0.26	10	5336	43	5	23	15	19
4A1C_2	5_8S_rRNA links to Rfam database...	0.19	0.25	0.15	5	4482	43	11	18	14	15
4AOB_A	SAM links to Rfam database...	0.60	0.59	0.63	17	1410	11	4	6	1	12
4ENB_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.85	0.73	1.00	11	461	2	0	0	2	4
4ENC_A	crcB links to Rfam database...	0.37	0.33	0.45	5	485	7	0	6	1	10
4FRG_B	AdoCbl-variant links to Rfam database...	0.36	0.38	0.38	9	1178	15	2	13	0	15

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