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Table 1 Performance statistics per dataset. Results separated by a forward slash correspond to an abundance threshold of 0.1% and 1%, respectively

From: Lineage abundance estimation for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using transcriptome quantification techniques

Benchmark

FPR

FNR

Precision

Recall

Relative estimation error (%)

Whole genome 100×

0.191/0.0

0.057/0.032

0.423/1.0

0.943/0.968

29.4/19.4

Whole genome 1000×

0.163/0

0.007/0.042

0.470/1.0

0.993/0.958

27.1/18.5

Spike-only 100×

0.121/0.003

0.107/0.074

0.508/0.978

0.893/0.926

26.3/15.8

Spike-only 1000×

0.041/0.003

0.043/0.042

0.753/0.978

0.957/0.958

17.3/14.0

Spike-only 10,000×

0.010/0

0.014/0.042

0.926/1.0

0.986/0.958

15.3/13.0

  1. FPR false positive rate = # false positives/(# false positives + # true negatives), FNR false negative rate = # false negatives/(# false negatives + # true positives); relative estimation error reflects the average relative frequency estimation error across all true positives