The tendency for managers to see what they want to see in data is known as

A) motivated reasoning
B) surrogation
C) common measures bias
D) data subrogation

Motivated reasoning is the tendency for individuals, including managers, to process information in a way that allows them to see what they want to see or reach the conclusions they want to reach. This bias can lead them to give more weight to evidence that supports their desires or preconceptions while disregarding evidence that contradicts them.