Create an instrument you will use to evaluate research publications with regard to how scholarly they are written. It should meet the following criteria:
• consist of at least eight categories
• use some type of scale (e.g., 5-point Likert scale, 7-point Likert)
• to be pilot tested and used on a research article that you are interested in
• to be used by you in the future when evaluating publications
• based on reviews of at least four to five readings on the topic and your observations
• instrument to be word processed
• no grammar or spelling errors
• description of how evaluation tool was developed and why each category was included on the scale