A "consistency check" is a process of verifying if something is accurate, reliable, or logical. It ensures that all parts or elements of something are in agreement and without errors. Full definition
Performs plausibility and consistency checks on submitted data, flag data problems, and provide feedback to the stations, when necessary; (woudc.org)
The latest results for transient efficacies also fail simple internal consistency checks, highlighting continuing methodological errors. (climateaudit.org)
The BLS, however, then does the math again with the «top - down» approach used by Diewert and Yu, a practice, write Harper, Nakamura and Zhang, that constitutes «an important consistency check.» (macleans.ca)