%0 Journal Article %T Statistical simulation and counterfactual analysis in social sciences %A Fran£¿ois G¨¦lineau %A Pierre-Olivier B¨¦dard %A Mathieu Ouimet %J Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology %D 2012 %I Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al %X In this paper, we present statistical simulation techniques of interest in substantial interpretation of regression results. Taking stock of recent literature on causality, we argue that such techniques can operate within a counterfactual framework. To illustrate, we report findings using post-electoral data on voter turnout. %K Statistics %K Counterfactual analysis %K Simulations %U http://www.tqmp.org/Content/vol08-2/p096/p096.pdf