STATISTICS IN TRANSITION new series An International Journal of the Polish Statistical Association CONTENTS From the Editor ........................................................................................................... 175 Submission information for authors ............................................................................. 179 Call for Papers: The Measurement of Subjective Well-Being in Survey Research 181 Sampling methods and estimation EIDEH A. H., On the use of sampling weights and sample distribution when estimating regression models under informative sampling ......... 183 PRIYANKA K., MITTAL R., Effective rotation patterns for median estimation in successive sampling ....................................................... 197 SINGH G. N., MAJHI D., Some chain-type exponential estimators of population mean in two-phase sampling ......................................... 221 Research article GÓRECKI T., KRZYŚKO M., WASZAK Ł., WOŁYŃSKI W., Methods of reducing dimension for functional data ............................ 231 Other articles: Multivariate Statistical Analysis 2013, Łódź. Conference Papers FELDMAN Ł., PIETRZYK R., ROKITA P., Multiobjective optimization of financing household goals with multiple investment programs .............................................................................................. 243 JĘDRZEJCZAK A., Income inequality and income stratification in Poland .................................................................................................. 269 TRZPIOT G., Application of coherent distortion risk measures ........... 283 PRZYBYLSKA-MAZUR A., Selected tests comparing the accuracy of inflation rate forecasts constructed by different methods ............... 299 MARKOWSKA M., SOBOLEWSKI M., SOKOŁOWSKI A., STRAHL D., Tests for connection between clustering of Polish counties and province structure ........................................................... 309 CERANKA B., GRACZYK M., On certain A-optimal biased spring balance weighing designs .................................................................... 317 Conference Report Conference on Coherence Policy and the Development of Cross-border Areas Along the European Union’s External Border, 27-28 June 2014, Krasiczyn-Arlamow, Poland (Cierpiał-Wolan M., Wojnar E.) ................ 327 Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2014