diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance/test/test.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance/test/test.native.js
index 90fda0c314e3..7323baa2b3f0 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance/test/test.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance/test/test.native.js
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 
 var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 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 EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 
 
 // FIXTURES //
@@ -77,8 +76,6 @@ tape( 'if provided `r <= 0` or `p <= 0` or `p > 1`, the function returns `NaN`',
 
 tape( 'the function returns the variance of a negative binomial distribution', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var r;
 	var p;
 	var y;
@@ -89,13 +86,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns the variance of a negative binomial distribution', o
 	p = data.p;
 	for ( i = 0; i < r.length; i++ ) {
 		y = variance( r[ i ], p[ i ] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'r: ' + r[ i ] + ', p: ' + p[ i ] + ', y: ' + y + ', expected: ' + expected[ i ] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[ i ] );
-			tol = 2.0 * EPS * abs( expected[ i ] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. r: ' + r[ i ] + '. 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();
 });