Barksdale Manufacturing Inc. produces its products in batches containing 100 units. Barksdale randomly samples 15 of the units in each batch for quality control. The costs of performing these random sample tests would most likely be which type of quality cost?

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The cost of performing random sample tests to ensure quality control is categorized under appraisal (detection) cost as it is a cost incurred to identify defects before the product is shipped to the customer.