diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/t/variance/test/test.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/t/variance/test/test.native.js
index d678788cc4d6..db8cd00c0c14 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/t/variance/test/test.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/t/variance/test/test.native.js
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 var PINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pinf' );
 
 
@@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ tape( 'if provided `1 < v <= 2`, the function returns `Infinity`', opts, functio
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the variance for a Student\'s t-distribution', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var v;
 	var y;
 	var i;
@@ -98,13 +95,7 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the variance for a Student\'s t-distribution', opt
 	v = data.v;
 	for ( i = 0; i < v.length; i++ ) {
 		y = variance( v[ i ] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'v: ' + v[ 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. v: ' + v[ i ] + '. y: ' + y + '. E: ' + expected[ i ] + '. Δ: ' + delta + '. tol: ' + tol + '.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 0 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });