diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/fligner-test/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/fligner-test/lib/main.js
index 84f9190ec87a..1b3ecdef4ab4 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/fligner-test/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/fligner-test/lib/main.js
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ var print = require( './print.js' ); // eslint-disable-line stdlib/no-redeclare
 * @returns {Array} filled array
 */
 function repeat( val, len ) {
-	var out = new Array( len );
+	var out = [];
 	var i;
 
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-		out[ i ] = val;
+		out.push( val );
 	}
 	return out;
 }
@@ -163,17 +163,17 @@ function fligner() {
 		x = x.concat( args[ i ] );
 	}
 	n = x.length;
-	xabs = new Array( n );
+	xabs = [];
 	for ( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
-		xabs[ i ] = abs( x[ i ] );
+		xabs.push( abs( x[ i ] ) );
 	}
 	scores = ranks( xabs );
-	a = new Array( n );
+	a = [];
 	mean = 0.0;
 	M2 = 0.0;
 	sums = repeat( 0.0, ngroups );
 	for ( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
-		a[ i ] = qnorm( ( 1.0 + ( scores[ i ]/(n+1) ) ) / 2.0, 0.0, 1.0 );
+		a.push( qnorm( ( 1.0 + ( scores[ i ]/(n+1) ) ) / 2.0, 0.0, 1.0 ) );
 		sums[ ( levels ) ? indexOf( levels, groups[i] ) : groups[i] ] += a[ i ];
 		delta = a[ i ] - mean;
 		mean += delta / ( i+1 );