<image>Athlete A and Athlete B each perform 10 shooting attempts. Athlete A's scores are 7, 7, 8, 9, 8, 9, 10, 9, 9, 9. Athlete B's scores are shown in the image below. Determine the relationship between the variances of the scores of Athlete A and Athlete B, denoted as \( S_{A}^{2} \) and \( S_{B}^{2} \) respectively, by filling in “\( < \)”, “\( = \)” or “\( > \)” in the blank: 

\( S_{A}^{2} \) ____________ \( S_{B}^{2} \). 