This was done due to suspected manual confusion of two samples during entry into the sample submission sheet.
D) To clarify the confusion of the sample size in our study, we generate a new figure with a clear statement of how we select patients, and how many samples of each patient.
These indices are calculated from the confusion matrix, which collects the number of samples of the observed and predicted classes in the rows and columns, respectively [117].
When numerous fragments of different genomes are PCR amplified and sequenced in a laboratory, there is a high immanent risk of sample confusion.
It is not helpful when clear instances of sample confusion or contamination – discovered through a posteriori analysis – get subsequently defended as "real" somatic effects by unconvincing arguments.
Furthermore, they may not remove all contaminating tissue, and can induce artificial cellular responses [ 25], while degrading samples and increasing the odds of sample confusion.
Fieldworkers from and living within local communities attributed these concerns in part to confusion caused by explanations of sample export: "There is a whole mix up between misconception and then maybe misinterpretation because when they hear the word "transport", that notion that all the blood samples are transported separately is not in their mind.
Regarding the number of samples considered in each analysis, we are sorry for the confusion of the presentation of sample size in Figure 3 figure supplement 1 and Figure 4. To clarify the samples used in our study, we present our data in Author response image 10.
The confusion of the moment reflects a larger confusion.
Still, there was some confusion of nationalities.
Consider his confusion of views on colonialism.
