Table 1

The unknown distribution of true and false positives and negatives


Negative
Positive

True
TN
TP
False
FN
FP
Σ
1 - p(α)
p(α)

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

Broberg Genome Biology 2003 4:R41   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-6-r41

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