diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.js
index eda27ec1d66a..a693eca3a3d1 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.js
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var sqrt = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sqrt' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
 var float64ToFloat32 = require( '@stdlib/number/float64/base/to-float32' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float32/eps' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
+var isAlmostSameValuef = require( '@stdlib/number/float32/base/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var sstdevch = require( './../lib/ndarray.js' );
 
 
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ tape( 'the function has an arity of 5', function test( t ) {
 
 tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided array', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var v;
 
@@ -54,9 +51,7 @@ tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided ar
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
 
 	expected = float64ToFloat32( sqrt( 53.5/x.length ) );
-	delta = abs( v - expected );
-	tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected );
-	t.strictEqual( delta <= tol, true, 'within tolerance. Actual: '+v+'. E: '+expected+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
+	t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValuef( v, expected, 1 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 
 	x = new Float32Array( [ -4.0, -4.0 ] );
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.native.js
index ec964b0f6e23..41ee5ff7ad68 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.ndarray.native.js
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@
 var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var sqrt = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sqrt' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
 var float64ToFloat32 = require( '@stdlib/number/float64/base/to-float32' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float32/eps' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
+var isAlmostSameValuef = require( '@stdlib/number/float32/base/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
 
 
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ tape( 'the function has an arity of 5', opts, function test( t ) {
 
 tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided array', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var v;
 
@@ -63,9 +60,7 @@ tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided ar
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
 
 	expected = float64ToFloat32( sqrt( 53.5/x.length ) );
-	delta = abs( v - expected );
-	tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected );
-	t.strictEqual( delta <= tol, true, 'within tolerance. Actual: '+v+'. E: '+expected+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
+	t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValuef( v, expected, 1 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 
 	x = new Float32Array( [ -4.0, -4.0 ] );
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.js
index 84c53b7055e3..793c37f79c37 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.js
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var sqrt = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sqrt' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
 var float64ToFloat32 = require( '@stdlib/number/float64/base/to-float32' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float32/eps' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
+var isAlmostSameValuef = require( '@stdlib/number/float32/base/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var sstdevch = require( './../lib/sstdevch.js' );
 
 
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ tape( 'the function has an arity of 4', function test( t ) {
 
 tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided array', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var v;
 
@@ -54,9 +51,7 @@ tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided ar
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
 
 	expected = float64ToFloat32( sqrt( 53.5/x.length ) );
-	delta = abs( v - expected );
-	tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected );
-	t.strictEqual( delta <= tol, true, 'within tolerance. Actual: '+v+'. E: '+expected+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
+	t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValuef( v, expected, 1 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 
 	x = new Float32Array( [ -4.0, -4.0 ] );
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1 );
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.native.js
index e548096497cc..7c00d9bfcbd4 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/strided/sstdevch/test/test.sstdevch.native.js
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@
 var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var sqrt = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sqrt' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
 var float64ToFloat32 = require( '@stdlib/number/float64/base/to-float32' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float32/eps' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
+var isAlmostSameValuef = require( '@stdlib/number/float32/base/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
 
 
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ tape( 'the function has an arity of 4', opts, function test( t ) {
 
 tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided array', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var v;
 
@@ -63,9 +60,7 @@ tape( 'the function calculates the population standard deviation of a strided ar
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1, 0 );
 
 	expected = float64ToFloat32( sqrt( 53.5/x.length ) );
-	delta = abs( v - expected );
-	tol = 1.0 * EPS * abs( expected );
-	t.strictEqual( delta <= tol, true, 'within tolerance. Actual: '+v+'. E: '+expected+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
+	t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValuef( v, expected, 1 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 
 	x = new Float32Array( [ -4.0, -4.0 ] );
 	v = sstdevch( x.length, 0, x, 1 );