diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/ztest2/examples/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/ztest2/examples/index.js
index d49169f4fff5..1fe6f2864496 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/ztest2/examples/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/ztest2/examples/index.js
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ var y;
 var i;
 
 // Values drawn from a Normal(4,2) distribution
-x = new Array( 100 );
+x = [];
 for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
-	x[ i ] = rnorm( 4.0, 2.0 );
+	x.push( rnorm( 4.0, 2.0 ) );
 }
 // Values drawn from a Normal(3,2) distribution
-y = new Array( 80 );
+y = [];
 for ( i = 0; i < 80; i++ ) {
-	y[ i ] = rnorm( 3.0, 2.0 );
+	y.push( rnorm( 3.0, 2.0 ) );
 }
 
 out = ztest2( x, y, 2.0, 2.0 );