diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.js
index 7e79279fda76..1f0239c3f33a 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.js
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var PINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pinf' );
 var NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/ninf' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 var variance = require( './../lib' );
 
 
@@ -78,8 +77,6 @@ tape( 'if provided a success probability `p` outside of `[0,1]`, the function re
 
 tape( 'the function returns the variance of a Bernoulli distribution', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var i;
 	var p;
 	var y;
@@ -88,13 +85,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns the variance of a Bernoulli distribution', function
 	p = data.p;
 	for ( i = 0; i < expected.length; i++ ) {
 		y = variance( p[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[i] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[i], 'p: '+p[i]+', y: '+y+', expected: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[ i ] );
-			tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected[ i ] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. p: '+p[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[ i ]+'. Δ: '+delta+'. tol: '+tol+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 0 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.native.js
index d9ad12ebc17f..f2c2cff2db14 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/bernoulli/variance/test/test.native.js
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var PINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pinf' );
 var NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/ninf' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 
 
 // FIXTURES //
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ tape( 'if provided a success probability `p` outside of `[0,1]`, the function re
 
 tape( 'the function returns the variance of a Bernoulli distribution', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var i;
 	var p;
 	var y;
@@ -97,13 +94,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns the variance of a Bernoulli distribution', opts, fun
 	p = data.p;
 	for ( i = 0; i < expected.length; i++ ) {
 		y = variance( p[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[i] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[i], 'p: '+p[i]+', y: '+y+', expected: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[ i ] );
-			tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected[ i ] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. p: '+p[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[ i ]+'. Δ: '+delta+'. tol: '+tol+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 0 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });