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Table 2 Confusion matrix

From: Beware to ignore the rare: how imputing zero-values can improve the quality of 16S rRNA gene studies results

 

Actual zero meaning

Technical zero

Biological zero

Imputed zero meaning

  

Technical zero (i.e. > 0 after imputation)

TP

FP

Biological zero (i.e. 0 after imputation)

FN

TN

  1. TP, True positive; FP, False Positive; FN, False Negative, TN, True Negative
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