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Hourly, Daily, And Weekly Effects On Copresence In Egocentric NetworksMarcum, Christopher S.Egocentric NetworksEgocentic Networks, Personal Networks, Time NetworksSAT.AM2Opportunities for individuals to interact with their friends, kin, and colleagues wax and wane with the various schedules they follow. While the growingliterature on network dynamics has uncovered periodic and episodic effects on discrete interactions (such as email exchanges in an organization) over time,little is known about the extent to which copresence in individual networks varies in everyday settings. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, theamount of time individuals are copresent with members of personal networks is analyzed for temporal variability. Results comparing men and womenegocentric networks at different age‐groups are discussed.“How Can We Be Lovers If We Can’t Be Friends”: On The Methodological Implications Of Resolving Disagreement In Multiplex RelationshipsMethot, Jessica R.; Crawford, Eean R.Analyzing Network DataFRI.PM1Dyadic interactions captured as directed network ties are asymmetric when actors disagree on whether a relationship exists. However, for many networkanalyses a researcher needs ties to be symmetric, such as when a network routine requires it, or the researcher is not interested in investigating asymmetry.When deciding which symmetrizing approach to use (e.g., representing a relationship as the strongest of the ties between actors—maximum—or as theweaker of the ties between actors—minimum), there is little guidance beyond “it depends on the research question.” In uniplex relationships, such as whensomeone is a friend, there is only one type of disagreement to resolve: whether the relationship exists. Here, the research question and type of relationshipoften provide sufficient guidance as to which symmetrizing approach to use. However, in multiplex relationships, such as when someone is both a coworkerand a friend, there are two possible disagreements: whether a relationship exists, and if so, what kind. In this paper, we introduce both theoretical andmethodological implications of maximum and minimum symmetrizing of single and multiplex relations using a sample of small group networks. Results suggestthat, for multiplex relationships, there are methodological implications that go beyond the research question itself, such that the order of operations(symmetrize then calculate multiplexity, or vice versa) will influence whether a multiplex relation emerges.