diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.js
index c2fc99559a1d..4e0ed0af1061 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.js
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var incrspace = require( '@stdlib/array/base/incrspace' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-nan' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/ninf' );
 var PINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pinf' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 var trigamma = require( './../lib' );
 
 
@@ -83,8 +82,6 @@ tape( 'if provided a negative integer, the function returns `NaN`', function tes
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for positive numbers', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var y;
 	var i;
@@ -93,21 +90,13 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for positive numbers', funct
 	expected = positive.y;
 	for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
 		y = trigamma( x[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'x: '+x[i]+'. E: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[i] );
-			tol = 10.0 * EPS * abs( expected[i] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. x: '+x[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[i]+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 2 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for negative numbers', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var y;
 	var i;
@@ -116,13 +105,7 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for negative numbers', funct
 	expected = negative.y;
 	for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
 		y = trigamma( x[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'x: '+x[i]+'. E: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[i] );
-			tol = 10.0 * EPS * abs( expected[i] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. x: '+x[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[i]+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 3 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.native.js
index bd38991eb3c5..09174ada4f0a 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/trigamma/test/test.native.js
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ var resolve = require( 'path' ).resolve;
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
 var incrspace = require( '@stdlib/array/base/incrspace' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-nan' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/ninf' );
 var PINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pinf' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
 var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
 
 
@@ -92,8 +91,6 @@ tape( 'if provided a negative integer, the function returns `NaN`', opts, functi
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for positive numbers', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var y;
 	var i;
@@ -102,21 +99,13 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for positive numbers', opts,
 	expected = positive.y;
 	for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
 		y = trigamma( x[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'x: '+x[i]+'. E: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[i] );
-			tol = 10.0 * EPS * abs( expected[i] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. x: '+x[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[i]+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 2 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for negative numbers', opts, function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var x;
 	var y;
 	var i;
@@ -125,13 +114,7 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the trigamma function for negative numbers', opts,
 	expected = negative.y;
 	for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
 		y = trigamma( x[i] );
-		if ( y === expected[ i ] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[ i ], 'x: '+x[i]+'. E: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[i] );
-			tol = 10.0 * EPS * abs( expected[i] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. x: '+x[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[i]+'. tol: '+tol+'. Δ: '+delta+'.' );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 3 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });