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Table 3 Comparison of different methods on the control datasets

From: A nonparametric model for quality control of database search results in shotgun proteomics

Instrument type

Methods

Expected FPR = 0.05

Expected FPR = 0.01

  

Validated matches/false positives

Actual FPR

Sensitivity (%)

Validated matches/false positives

Actual FPR

Sensitivity (%)

LCQ

M1

652/30

0.046

74.3

581/15

0.026

69.1

 

M2

735/34

0.046

84.1

587/9

0.015

69.3

 

M3

765/28

0.037

87.9

699/10

0.014

82.2

LTQ

M1

5507/156

0.028

71.0

4761/48

0.010

62.6

 

M2

5818/197

0.034

74.6

4640/20

0.004

61.6

 

M3

6681/271

0.041

85.1

5652/61

0.011

74.2

LTQ/FT

M1

2554/69

0.027

83.7

2135/30

0.014

70.9

 

M2

2111/46

0.022

69.6

1411/15

0.011

46.8

 

M3

2594/67

0.026

87.5

2210/33

0.015

74.5