def check_evals_initialized(conn):
    """Check that evals table has been created in a sqlite3 database

    Parameters
    ----------
    conn : `sqlite3.Connection`
        connection to a sqlite3 database

    Returns
    -------
    is_created : `bool`
        `True` if table was created and `False` otherwise

    """

    cur = conn.execute(
        '''SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name=?''',
        ('evals',)
    )

    return not (cur.fetchone() is None)