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Table 1 The unknown distribution of true and false positives and negatives

From: Statistical methods for ranking differentially expressed genes

 

Negative

Positive

True

TN

TP

False

FN

FP

Σ

1 - p(α)

p(α)

  1. The proportion of incorrectly called genes equals FN + FP, and the proportion called significant equals p(α) = TP + FP.
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Genome Biology

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