Not saying that this is a good study - I haven't even read it. Merely providing it as an example that at some point a study has been made in this area.
I'm not saying that you can't do it, you obviously can. It's just weird asking for studies for something that was clearly a personal annecdote. It's like asking someone: "Which knife is your favorite knife?" getting an answer and asking for a study that validates the answer.
Are you saying that studying how efficient various text editors are for some groups of people is not possible?
Here's what I believe to be an example of some study on how text editors compare:
https://mjambon.github.io/vim-vs-emacs/
Not saying that this is a good study - I haven't even read it. Merely providing it as an example that at some point a study has been made in this area.