diff --git a/modin/pandas/test/test_dataframe.py b/modin/pandas/test/test_dataframe.py
index ec312087c28..107541d485e 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/test/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/test/test_dataframe.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     udf_func_values,
     udf_func_keys,
     generate_multiindex,
+    test_data_diff_dtype,
 )
 
 pd.DEFAULT_NPARTITIONS = 4
@@ -3022,13 +3023,9 @@ def test_all_any(self, data, axis, skipna, is_transposed, method):
         "bool_only", bool_arg_values, ids=arg_keys("bool_only", bool_arg_keys)
     )
     def test_all_any_specific(self, bool_only, method):
-        data = {
-            "float_col": [np.NaN, 9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
-            "str_col": ["a", np.NaN, "c", "d"],
-            "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
-        }
         eval_general(
-            *create_test_dfs(data), lambda df: getattr(df, method)(bool_only=bool_only)
+            *create_test_dfs(test_data_diff_dtype),
+            lambda df: getattr(df, method)(bool_only=bool_only),
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["all", "any"])
@@ -3070,13 +3067,8 @@ def test_count(self, data, axis):
         ],
     )
     def test_count_specific(self, numeric_only):
-        data = {
-            "float_col": [np.NaN, 9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
-            "str_col": ["a", np.NaN, "c", "d"],
-            "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
-        }
         eval_general(
-            *create_test_dfs(data),
+            *create_test_dfs(test_data_diff_dtype),
             lambda df: df.count(numeric_only=numeric_only),
         )
 
@@ -3120,13 +3112,11 @@ def test_describe(self, data, percentiles):
         ],
     )
     def test_describe_specific(self, exclude, include):
-        data = {
-            "float_col": [np.NaN, 9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
-            "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
-        }
         eval_general(
-            *create_test_dfs(data),
-            lambda df: df.describe(exclude=exclude, include=include),
+            *create_test_dfs(test_data_diff_dtype),
+            lambda df: df.drop("str_col", axis=1).describe(
+                exclude=exclude, include=include
+            ),
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("data", [test_data["int_data"]])
@@ -3251,14 +3241,8 @@ def test_prod(
     def test_prod_specific(self, min_count, numeric_only):
         if min_count == 5 and numeric_only:
             pytest.xfail("see #1953 for details")
-
-        data = {
-            "float_col": [np.NaN, 9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
-            "str_col": ["a", np.NaN, "c", "d"],
-            "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
-        }
         eval_general(
-            *create_test_dfs(data),
+            *create_test_dfs(test_data_diff_dtype),
             lambda df: df.prod(min_count=min_count, numeric_only=numeric_only),
         )
 
@@ -3287,13 +3271,8 @@ def test_sum(self, data, axis, skipna, is_transposed):
     )
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("min_count", int_arg_values)
     def test_sum_specific(self, min_count, numeric_only):
-        data = {
-            "float_col": [np.NaN, 9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
-            "str_col": ["a", np.NaN, "c", "d"],
-            "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
-        }
         eval_general(
-            *create_test_dfs(data),
+            *create_test_dfs(test_data_diff_dtype),
             lambda df: df.sum(min_count=min_count, numeric_only=numeric_only),
         )
 
@@ -4111,7 +4090,6 @@ def test_var(self, request, data, axis, skipna, numeric_only, ddof):
             modin_result = modin_df.T.var(
                 axis=axis, skipna=skipna, numeric_only=numeric_only, ddof=ddof
             )
-            df_equals(modin_result, pandas_result)
 
 
 class TestDataFrameIndexing:
diff --git a/modin/pandas/test/utils.py b/modin/pandas/test/utils.py
index 2ae987f2d45..8e6cf1f2042 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/test/utils.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/test/utils.py
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@
     }
 }
 
+test_data_diff_dtype = {
+    "int_col": [-5, 2, 7, 16],
+    "float_col": [np.NaN, -9.4, 10.1, np.NaN],
+    "str_col": ["a", np.NaN, "c", "d"],
+    "bool_col": [False, True, True, False],
+}
+
 test_data_small_values = list(test_data_small.values())
 test_data_small_keys = list(test_data_small.keys())