Review of: "Are Bidding Behaviors of Jeopardy! Gameshow Contestants Influenced by Gender/Sex?"

This methodologically rigorous and clearly written manuscript contributes to the analysis of wagering behaviour in the special population of television game show contestants by examining multi-period data from 1984 to 2022 drawn from "Jeopardy!", a well-known North American quiz show.Given that research on such special populations is sparse, these observational data provide important ecologically valid evidence on how wagering behaviour may have changed over time and how it differs by sex.A particular strength of the study lies in its comprehensive dataset, which spans a comparatively long period and therefore captures multiple generations of contestants.Even though the study is well-written and the statistical approach is described very clearly, in my view the manuscript primarily lacks substantive depth, particularly in terms of a more in-depth discussion of sex differences and wagering behaviour.My comments are as follows:Introduction: Comment 1:Although the authors brie y state in the rst paragraph that their aim is to examine risk aversion differences between men and women, thereby contributing to the debate on whether such differences are primarily socio-context dependent and may diminish over time, the remainder of the introduction provides little engagement with the existing evidence on this topic.This seems particularly important given the focus on a special population, namely game show contestants.Instead, a substantial portion of Qeios qeios.com