diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
index 01f49cef5dbc..e1b037812a1d 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns `false` if not provided an `ArrayBuffer` view', func
 		[],
 		{},
 		function noop() {},
-		new Array( 10 ),
+		[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
 		new ArrayBuffer( 10 )
 	];
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
index a8a4031b709a..b2df64d6ca9b 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var isPositiveInteger = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-positive-integer' ).isPrimitive;
 var isNumber = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-number' ).isPrimitive;
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
+var zeros = require( '@stdlib/array/base/zeros' );
 var format = require( '@stdlib/string/format' );
 
 
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ function incrmvmr( W, mean ) {
 	if ( !isPositiveInteger( W ) ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Must provide a positive integer. Value: `%s`.', W ) );
 	}
-	buf = new Array( W );
+	buf = zeros( W );
 	n = W - 1;
 	M2 = 0.0;
 	i = -1;