Sentence:  In repetitions of the experiment from couple to couple , the votes of the two persons in a couple probably <WSD>agree</WSD> more often than independence would imply , because couples who visit the museum together are more likely to have similar tastes than are a random pair of people drawn from the entire population of visitors . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics